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		cnlwsu on Oct 1, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Working for startups sucks, you'll be happier work... and they did not require someone else's money to lose it.

jwhite on Oct 2, 2009 [–]

I don't think that's strictly true. A shareholder, somewhere, lost value. VC's are just shareholders that make riskier bets.

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