"AngelGate" controversy shakes Silicon Valley start-up scene

The start-up blogosphere is abuzz with the revelation that Silicon Valley's top individual investors ("angels") are meeting to discuss collaborating in ways that are not necessarily good for start-up innovation.

Here's the article that started it all...

http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/so-a-blogger-walks-into-a-bar/

And here are the tongue-in-cheek effects.

http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/paololucchesi/2010/09/24/angelgate-meeting-scandal-gives-bin-38-lots-of-free-publicity-punchlines-and-a-hitler-parody/

Check out the Hitler fakesubs video under the above link for a hodgepodge of inside jokes about the world of start-ups. If you're interested in doing a tech start-up, Vancouver's links with Silicon Valley are strong enough that you're likely to become immersed in this community.