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# Silicon Valley Bank bailout implies tech startups are too big to fail
- URL: https://werd.io/silicon-valley-bank-bailout-implies-tech-startups-are-too-big/
- Published: 2023-03-14T15:49:58.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-14T15:49:58.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“Here we have a sector full of self-styled free thinkers — brought to its knees by groupthink. Risk-takers who valorize failure — as long as someone else is footing the bill. Meritocrats who couldn’t hack it on their own. Mavericks who scoff at the political establishment until they desperately need it.” [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/03/14/tech-startups-bailout-silicon-valley-bank/)\]