this is a great post. It rings so true. We are a nearly ten year old technology firm that has spent years of laser light focus on our product. The venture industry is a herd that cannot understand innovation if their lives depended on it and seem to care more about the politics of the venture world rather than spending time to learn beyond the ridiculous 'elevator pitch'. God forbid you say your technology is a major innovation and will change an industry - I think they all would rather have a weather widget on Facebook than actually shape an industry. I sometimes wonder if VCs are so drawn to the Midas 8 from Google (which is 10 years old and getting dusty up at the top) that they emulate the investment strategy of this lucky few rather than finding their own path. Our company is now talking with Wall Street firms about raising $100 to $200 Million over the next few months and smart money is betting we have created a $50 Billion industry that never existed before. We find it comical as the street has embraced our company while the VC community continues to chase the "me-toos" while talking the talk.