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Here are the latest great comments from our readers—please keep ‘em coming!
Rob Lord, founder of Songbird (Sequoia Capital), has some ideas for VC Wear t-shirts:
“Mo’ money, mo’ board seats.
“409a a-okay!
“Some of my best friends are EIRs.
“Venture debt is a non-starter.”
Jonathan Boutelle, founder of SlideShare, suggests using SlideShare to share decks privately:
“One safe way to [...]

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Dharmesh Shah recently wrote a very nice review of Venture Hacks. The article includes great meta-advice about fund raising:
“1. VC Negotiation Is An Art Form: As an entrepreneur, there are few things more “nuanced” that you’ll deal with than raising institutional capital. Even if you decide not to raise [...]

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As usual, we’ve received many mind-expanding comments—here are some of the very best. The very lucky winner of a mug for great contributions in the field of venture hacking is indicated with a [...]

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As usual, there were many mind-expanding comments this week—here are some of the very best.
The very lucky winner of this week’s mug for great contributions in the field of venture hacking is indicated with a subtle ball of fire.
Vesting
“Anonymous” discusses his experience with getting vested for time served and how his investors “poked out” two [...]

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We love the quality of the comments on Venture Hacks. You’re missing out if you’re not reading them.
A lot of the comments contain great anecdotes from founders. Others contain good questions which we make sure to answer.
Here’s a few recent ones that are especially good. You can also subscribe to our comments RSS [...]

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A big thanks goes out to our new readers, commenters, and all those who wrote about Venture Hacks. Here are some of our favorite comments so far:
Andrew Fife says:
Everyone in Silicon Valley benefits from lowering the transaction costs of funding startups, which means more companies get funded, more jobs get created and tax revenues [...]

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