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Re:Housing in the Bay Area by BurningFrog on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @11:31PM (#11775174)
VCs can make millions from owning houses.

They can make billions from funding startups.

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Re:Housing in the Bay Area by blazespin on Thursday May 26, 2016 @12:23AM (#11775396)
The keyword is "can". What's the expected value of investing in a startup versus real estate?
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Re:Housing in the Bay Area by rcpt on Wednesday May 25, 2016 @11:58PM (#11775290)
Why not both?
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Re:Housing in the Bay Area by vctheory on Thursday May 26, 2016 @12:04AM (#11775317)
By increasing the most substantial cost that startups face, VCs end up owning larger portions of each startup.
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Re:Housing in the Bay Area by jdminhbg on Thursday May 26, 2016 @01:08AM (#11775613)
Is this anything like my plan to invest in McDonalds franchises and then kill off a huge proportion of the world's cattle to "own larger portions" of each?
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