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Re:Similar startups that have emerged from the YCombinator a... by ivankirigin on Monday April 06, 2009 @11:03AM (#548947)
Your word and reputation are certainly worth far more than a single shared idea. Those are pretty strong incentives.
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Re:Similar startups that have emerged from the YCombinator a... by ryanmnly on Monday April 06, 2009 @01:26PM (#549200)
I would assume that if a VC got the reputation of taking ideas and pushing them to other groups instead of the originators, it would kill their credibility. And without credibility, no one is going to go to them for funding.
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