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[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If they offered you 20,000 more than what you expected, might be you are underselling your actual worth and could have negotiated for more.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Or they knew they weren't going to last more than 1 year, so why not spend all that tasty VC money?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Would be nice if true, but I guess those "extra" money would most commonly stay in tops' pockets

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

That or dumb money is just dumb, and if the cost of money is free, you can just guess at things that might work with thousands of monkeys hitting typewriters.