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Re:S.E.C. Gives Small Investors Access to Equity Crowdfunding by tptacek on Saturday October 31, 2015 @05:31AM (#10482234)
I don't invest in startups; I work for them, and plowing the proceeds of that work back into startups (or any other tech company) seems like bad diversification to me. So no, I don't have an ulterior motive.
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Re:S.E.C. Gives Small Investors Access to Equity Crowdfunding by jsprogrammer on Saturday October 31, 2015 @02:12PM (#10483525)
>I don't invest in startups; I work for them

OK

>plowing the proceeds of that work back into startups

So, you receive only cash for your work? No equity?

> seems like bad diversification to me

Ok, so you are invested in startups or tech companies then (if not, what are you diversifying from)? [Note: we have now contradicted claim 1]

>So no, I don't have an ulterior motive.

Maybe. I'm still not convinced that you aren't an investor though.

>Retail investors should get exposure to [x] through carefully managed funds that own lots of [xs], not by trying to pick individual winners themselves.

Said every fund manager ever [who, note, try to pick individual (for some definition) winners].

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