Billionaire ordered to unlock Martin's Beach but won't be fined $20M

Re:Billionaire ordered to unlock Martin's Beach but won't be... by selmnoo on Thursday September 25, 2014 @01:12PM (#8368256)

Question for you: who do you think has the luxury to be able to choose who to take money from? In my view, not many people. We're all scrambling to put food on the plates of our children (if not our own). It's extremely difficult to be picky and choosy about where we take money from... because it's what we need to survive.

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Re:Billionaire ordered to unlock Martin's Beach but won't be... by vdaniuk on Thursday September 25, 2014 @01:18PM (#8368291)

Startup founders surely do have the luxury to choose who to take money from. Really.

Startup is a high-risk project, most people who take high risks have some sort of acquired resources and/or social support. Also most of startup founders have skills that are in demand equally from SMBs and corporations. That is another advantage that founders have.

Also, survive? Doing on average better than 90-95% of people on this planet is quite far from having problems for securing food for the day and lodging for the night.

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Re:Billionaire ordered to unlock Martin's Beach but won't be... by nknighthb on Thursday September 25, 2014 @01:21PM (#8368313)

If you're having trouble paying for food, you should probably find something other than founding a startup to occupy your time.

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Re:Billionaire ordered to unlock Martin's Beach but won't be... by skuhn on Thursday September 25, 2014 @01:33PM (#8368374)

Taking funding from a venture capitalist means giving them an ownership stake and a say in how your business operates. If you don't trust them, don't get along with them, and don't see eye to eye with them on basic fundamentals, then you should not take their investment.

I personally wouldn't take an investment from Vinod, but I'm not in the market either so he hasn't lost anything.

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Re:Billionaire ordered to unlock Martin's Beach but won't be... by pbreit on Thursday September 25, 2014 @01:40PM (#8368413)

If Khosla is an option, I'm sure you have others.

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Re:Billionaire ordered to unlock Martin's Beach but won't be... by TheCraiggers on Thursday September 25, 2014 @01:35PM (#8368382)

Question for you: picture the most evil person you can think of, alive or dead. If they offered to fund you, would you accept it?

If you answer no, than you must admit that the character of the donor comes into play with choosing to accept venture capital. Therefor the parent's question is perfectly valid; everything else is just your tolerance for "evilness".

If you answer yes, than I daresay you are narcissistic at best.

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