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Re:MIT And Dropbox Alums Launch Inbox, a Next-Generation Ema... by potatolicious on Monday July 07, 2014 @03:24PM (#8000780)
Or exercise their Board powers and fire the CEO when push comes to shove.

Nobody spends millions of dollars on something to make themselves powerless in it.

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Re:MIT And Dropbox Alums Launch Inbox, a Next-Generation Ema... by argonaut on Monday July 07, 2014 @05:26PM (#8001528)
That's what the parent poster is getting at. In SV, most founding teams retain control after a seed financing, and many continue to retain control after a Series A.
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