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Re:Liquidity Is Coming by bagels on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:48AM (#25300335)
Pay more money? Allow employees to include their shares in a round?
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Re:Liquidity Is Coming by brianwawok on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:01AM (#25302280)
The more you pay, the shorter your runway. It’s a balancing act like most things in business.
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Re:Liquidity Is Coming by dnhbt on Friday December 04, 2020 @09:41AM (#25302684)
>The more you pay, the shorter your runway.

The horror of asking a company to charge customers to finance their operations rather than running the VC treadmill.

I don't get how more founders don't realize it is in the VC's best interest to keep you on the treadmill, burning their money and giving away your equity.

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