Remember, once you take money from an investor, you’re stuck with them. And the balance of power shifts. A VC can fire a founder, but a founder can’t fire their VC. You can’t divorce them for irreconcilable differences. And if things go south, you can end up in an estranged marriage—still legally tied together, but never speaking. When a VC writes off your company, they basically ignore you. Won’t help you. Won’t connect you to other VCs. Won’t speak up for you to partners. They’ll stand on the sidelines as your company goes bankrupt. So you should always pay very close attention to how a VC
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