Despite the warning from the Vulture this morning, shares of Box, the massively money-losing tech company that went public this morning, have been popping all day. By this afternoon they were up about 70 percent from the listing price.

My friend the Vulture is a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley. He recently wrote a piece for us and I've been hoping he would do another one. I asked him what he thought of the Box IPO, which is taking place today. Shares last night priced at $14 per share, which will imply a valuation of $1.7 billion for Box — which last July raised a private round at $2.4 billion. Meaning: Box is limping into the public markets. But maybe, at this price, Box is a steal? Vulture doesn't think so. In fact he was brutal — especially about the VCs who are foisting this lump of coal onto the public while also setting up a sweetheart deal for themselves.

Quora, a question-and-answer startup that's basically Yahoo Answers with crumbs of intelligence sprinkled on top, may not live to see forever, but it could make it to Hollywood. According to Variety, a response posted to the site is now being optioned as a television series.

Jared Leto is the modern renaissance man: award-winning actor, acclaimed musician, and serial tech investor. He's only recently started hyping the latter role, but he has already charmed his way to the top of TechCrunch's favorite celeb list.

The latest tempest from Marc Andreessen, Silicon Valley's resident storm king, concerns self-destructive startups. Wonder if any of his critiques—like going public before you're ready or assuming there's always more cash—apply to portfolio companies like Box or Fab?

Dylan Smith co-founded Box, a storage company that's poised to be Silicon Valley's newest public company. Smith will make tens of millions of dollars (at least!)—perhaps enough money to erase his cringe-attack reality show moment from the internet.