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A comment on Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble. Parent comment

Re:Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble by gallerytungsten on Saturday November 12, 2011 @09:12PM (#3229595)
A) He probably didn't own very much of it at that point.

B) Using other people's money is always a lesser risk.

C) Raising big money = big PR ("social proof").

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Re:Bill Nguyen: The Boy In The Bubble by larrys on Sunday November 13, 2011 @12:42AM (#3230091)
"Raising big money = big PR ("social proof")."

And of course the mafia always needs to be cut into any good deal and requires a "taste" and to dip their beak.

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