We Don’t Talk Enough About Money In Silicon Valley. No, Really.

“Look, I’m incredibly thankful for this industry. It made me a millionaire.” The person seated across the table from me went through a series of facial microexpressions as I said this — surprise, disgust, analysis and finally, calm. We don’t really talk about money in Silicon Valley. At least not in public in a personal way with near strangers. We *speculate* about people and wealth a shit-ton — based upon a company’s last fundraise, based upon current stock price, based on the market price of BTC — but we don’t really talk our own situations…