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Re:Ask HN: What's your advice for someone who's raising capi... by skrebbel on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:39AM (#18236976)
I agree with most of what you wrote but:

> Make up stuff to make things look good.

That's gonna backfire.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your advice for someone who's raising capi... by jamiegreen on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:44AM (#18236995)
Agreed, lying is never a good long term strategy
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Re:Ask HN: What's your advice for someone who's raising capi... by godzillabrennus on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @04:44AM (#18237271)
Theranos is a good example of why that doesn’t work.
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Re:Ask HN: What's your advice for someone who's raising capi... by icedchai on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @09:51AM (#18238919)
I'd say the opposite. It actually worked for about 15 years... that's a pretty good run and shows you just how susceptible to bullshit some of these guys are...
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