This is a perfect example of how the interests of VCs and the interests of entrepreneurs can be (and often are) misaligned.
This is a perfect example of how the interests of VCs and the interests of entrepreneurs can be (and often are) misaligned. Because of the circles I run in I tend to meet many people who eventually do want to build large companies and therefore do want to eventually raise VC and “go big.” But they want to do it with leverage. This ignores the scenario of "We plan to 'go big' and build an immensely scalable company, but we aren't worried about doing it super fast". And that, of course, is because that scenario doesn't work for VCs, where their funds are almost always time-boxed. As an aside, I understand that this is one reason that it's a good idea to raise from brand new funds when possible - they have the maximum portion of their lifespan still in front of them, so you get less "time pressure" from the VCs. If you raise in year 7 of a 10 year fund, you'll be under a tremendous amount of pressure to have an exit in 3 years.
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I mean that's the problem though.
I've always believed the opposite: get conditionals deep in your code so that the higher level control flow is regular.
The biggest problem with AI isn't being able to do things.
I am a 3D printing maker type nerd (I make my own tools for other creative tasks, rather than as their own outcomes) and I saw an incredi...
Of course not, those are clearly scams.
Claude makes more detailed plans that seem better if you just skim them, but when analyzed, has a lot of errors, usually.
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This is a perfect example of how the interests of VCs and the interests of entrepreneurs can be (and often are) misaligned.
This is a perfect example of how the interests of VCs and the interests of entrepreneurs can be (and often are) misaligned. Because of the circles I run in I tend to meet many people who eventually do want to build large companies and therefore do want to eventually raise VC and “go big.” But they want to do it with leverage. This ignores the scenario of "We plan to 'go big' and build an immensely scalable company, but we aren't worried about doing it super fast". And that, of course, is because that scenario doesn't work for VCs, where their funds are almost always time-boxed. As an aside, I understand that this is one reason that it's a good idea to raise from brand new funds when possible - they have the maximum portion of their lifespan still in front of them, so you get less "time pressure" from the VCs. If you raise in year 7 of a 10 year fund, you'll be under a tremendous amount of pressure to have an exit in 3 years.
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