Anybody else seeing the technology startup business creeping ever-closer to emulating an American Idol mentality? The "startup" seems to be getting smaller and smaller. These are more like paid internships than "funding."

What is really going on here is some people with access to money and zero new ideas throwing micro stuff at the wall to see what sticks. The best advice I ever received was "don't take on investment if you don't need it." This message consistently from a wide variety of successful people then running anything from Angel-funded companies to post-IPO NASDAQ listings.