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Re:Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company by DeathArrow on Sunday July 09, 2023 @04:21PM (#36658474)
And is worse to fail losing your own time and money than to fail losing VC money. In the second case, you can get up and try it again easier than in the first case.
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Re:Don't Take VC Funding – It Will Destroy Your Company by 71a54xd on Wednesday July 12, 2023 @01:26PM (#36698256)
Could not agree more!

There are smart ways to leverage VC $$ without losing your shirt.

I'd rather buy a car wash business from a boomer with a bank loan than risk my own time with a non VC funded startup.

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