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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

If your idea is so amazing that it warrants my hard-earned angel money or the money of my LP investors from our fund then why should I take a risk on you if you won’t take a risk on yourself? The problem was that he was still working out the lock-up period in his big company. Why should I be? I finally called bullshit.

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Looking Ahead, Predictions For 2019

Haystack

If things hold up through lock-up periods, waves of cash will wash up in northern California. The current President still has a very large and strong base of support, and I do not see that support changing enough to warrant other big changes in 2019. When will the music stop?