This is a fluff piece based mostly on rumour, opinion, and anecdata. There&#x27;s little substantive evidence and reasoning.<p>What I found particularly egregious was the use of a line graph that showed VC investment generally rising to $50.8 billion in 2014 and then dipping to $47.2 billion in 2015. An explanatory sentence below reads &quot;U.S. start-ups raised $47.2 billion in the first three quarters of 2015, following $50.8 billion in all of 2014, by far the most since 2000, according to the National Venture Capital Association.&quot; There&#x27;s no dip thus far. If we project through the fourth quarter of 2015, we can expect a total of about $63 billion in 2015. This is no dip, but yet another record-breaking year.<p>Sure, the record-breaking years are bound to eventually come to an end, but that isn&#x27;t news. The baseline of vc investment activity has been raised a great deal, probably permanently.