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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) When money is tight, when there aren’t dollars to redo mistakes, you look for processes that allow you to minimize waste.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

At the end of the period, all profits and proceeds are distributed to the various partners on a pre-determined split. And they hire very aggressive securities attorneys to represent their interests. Venture capitalists for the most part are very nice guys and passionate about entrepreneurship, but they are not shrinking violets.