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January 17, 2005
Entrepreneurs are from Mars, VCs are from Venus
Good rant from Joel Spolsky on why you think you need money from a VC but you really don't. Hmmm... Actually, does have some good thoughts about how you should think of your start up and what you should watch for from investors.
Via Paul Kedrosky and Fergus Burns.
Posted by Johnza at January 17, 2005 06:00 AM
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