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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was 2007. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that.

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Should You Really be a Startup Entrepreneur?

Both Sides of the Table

One investor played chicken with me by threatening not to approve my next-round financing unless I gave him more equity. It was 2007. before the really profitable years of social networking and when many in the industry were despondent. At the time all investment bankers secretly wanted to be VCs and many did just that.