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Re:Guiding a Venture-Backed Startup to a Felony by nstj on Saturday August 20, 2016 @07:26PM (#12328753)
Without being sarcastic, I think the best part of this article was discovering that Tom Selleck starred in a 1990 Western set in Australia called "Quigley Down Under"[0].

And I tend to agree with the general sentiment of other comments here, it seems that given there seemingly was no real intent to create a real company from the funds invested, the title of the article could just as easily be "How Not to Run a Fake Startup Investment Scam".

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quigley_Down_Under

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Re:Guiding a Venture-Backed Startup to a Felony by tootie on Saturday August 20, 2016 @08:52PM (#12328973)
It was a major Hollywood production with a ton of marketing behind it. I remember seeing commercials for it. I think I rented it on VHS. It wasn't great.
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Re:Guiding a Venture-Backed Startup to a Felony by mcguire on Sunday August 21, 2016 @12:54AM (#12329448)
Eh, it had its moments, Roy.
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Re:Guiding a Venture-Backed Startup to a Felony by sigacts on Saturday August 20, 2016 @07:30PM (#12328769)
The craziness is that these guys really thought they were building a company.
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