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Re:Ask HN: Copying Y Combinator - If there's a right way, wh... by rms on Friday July 17, 2009 @05:40AM (#709568)
> Mainly because if he chose not to follow-on with funding, he would likely be killing the startup before it even really got going.

Good point. I'm pretty sure pg said someone similar on this site at some point.

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Re:Ask HN: Copying Y Combinator - If there's a right way, wh... by jacquesm on Friday July 17, 2009 @06:09AM (#709594)
That's true, but the chances of finding follow up funding are larger anyway if you already have a seed fund backing you.

The one things most VC's are scared of is being first (and the other thing is having missed an opportunity). It's a fine line between those two...

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