The young entrepreneurs of Silicon Valley have a lot of explaining to do. Many of them are running startups that are being financed by their parents or rich older friends who think they are sitting at their computers 24/7, starving, getting no sleep, and delirious from working so hard to be the next Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, or Mark Zuckerberg.
Then along comes a reality TV show Start-Ups: Silicon Valley, on Bravo which depicts these young adults as anything but serious and dedicated. They are more like Jersey Shore party-hearty freeloaders who have three things on their mind:, sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll.
If I was bankrolling someone in Silicon Valley now after watching this show, I wouldn’t be too comfortable thinking my money was being spent on booze and party favors. In fact, I would probably hire a private eye to follow my “Mr. Genius” around to make sure he was devoting most of his waking hours to the money hungry project.
Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Mark, is the Executive Producer of the TV series which I feel will never last in its current form. Randi seems to think that gorgeous bodies, Botox, and fast cars are the winning ingredients for a successful TV series.
I feel Americans would be more interested in how a lot of these young entrepreneurs evolved, like her own brother who would never think of leaving his work for some monkey business. It has been documented over and over, that Mark Zuckerberg was so focused on his work that he wouldn’t even leave his computer for holiday parties.
Silicon Valley success stories only comes from one thing: total devotion. To portray it any other way is a total distortion of what the place is all about.
Read an interview with Randi Zuckerberg about the new reality series here.

I’m glad you have such a high estimation of the American TV audience. I think Randi might have it pegged.
Total devotion and total sacrifice, what very few are willing to take on.
Thank you for the heads up about the TV show. This is how I find out about such things since I stopped TV watching with the X-Files over a decade ago. I’ve lost nothing and gained time for total devotion and sacrifice. 😉