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One of the points I tried to make is that as venture capital investors as an industry we seem to have a healthy disdain for public market investors. We have an entire generation of startupfounders who don’t have muscle memory from getting their burn rates back into shape from 2008/09 or 2001-2005.
by Michael Woolf that is worth any startupfounder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. Understand how venture debt might shorten your projections. *
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And I’d recommend them to any talented startupfounders out there.&#. He grew up in Connecticut attended Yale undergrad and worked for IBM after graduation doing M&A, strategy and venture capital. In 2005, Meebo started connected users across other websites. And there you have it. Not a chance.
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