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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

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Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early. That’s hard core. Not my problem.

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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

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The net effect for [my company] for example is we are now doing reasonably well. I raised $500k in seed money to start the company. The very modest salary that I drew didn’t come anywhere near meeting my monthly costs so I had to eat into savings. At some point, this breaks if their isn’t an exit or IPO.

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