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Should Founders Be Allowed to Take Money off the Table?

Both Sides of the Table

The VCs basically have liquidity in management fees along the way, in the sense they get paid decently along the way. But more spend = more viral opps = more revenue down the road. >50% of our revenue in now viral. But the day after you’ll wake up and see yourself more as a manager than an owner.

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Get Off My Lawn! Crazy Kids and Their Sex, Drugs and Startup Advice!

This is going to be BIG.

A founder will raise one party round worth of seed money and they''ll go teach a class on how to raise venture capital. But, managing your career? These represent the bulk of the people commenting, retweeting and liking your posts and sending it viral. A BD person at an aqui-hire will write a book on the art of the deal.

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