Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups
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Re: Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups
#2I wouldn't take a penny from Facebook. You know they will lock down any patent you create and steal your IP.
Re: Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups
#3I wouldn't take a penny from Facebook. You know they will lock down any patent you create and steal your IP.
Would you take a penny from Softbank?
Re: Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups
#4So will this use data harvested from their malware apps (Onavo)?
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#5Re: Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups
#6These kinds of articles about VCs and companies offering to invest big funds used to give me hope, but now that I've participated in bootstrapping a startup, I see these articles as bad news.
They're going to fund my competition... Give them easy money and keep funding them until they get that big corporate exit and I'm out of business because my margins are too small and I can't afford bulk discount on Facebook advertising like they can with all that free money they got.
You know that someone else is going to get that funding, but it's not going to be you. It's more likely to help your competitor than it is to help you (the reader of the article). This is bad news for the typical reader of this article.
Re: Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups
#7These kinds of articles about VCs and companies offering to invest big funds used to give me hope, but now that I've participated in bootstrapping a startup, I see these articles as bad news. They're going to fund my competition... Give them easy money and keep funding them until they get that big corporate exit and I'm out of business because my margins are too small and I can't afford bulk discount on Facebook adve…
This makes sure we continue having startups post about their incredible journey once they've established a good product
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#8Re: Facebook establishing a venture arm to invest in startups
#9These kinds of articles about VCs and companies offering to invest big funds used to give me hope, but now that I've participated in bootstrapping a startup, I see these articles as bad news. They're going to fund my competition... Give them easy money and keep funding them until they get that big corporate exit and I'm out of business because my margins are too small and I can't afford bulk discount on Facebook adve…
In a world of easy VC money (granted that may be over), how viable is bootstrapping in a competitive market?