If you're a VC serious enough to start bargaining, you're going to have done a code audit already (whether or not it's on github) to validate claims. The real

If you're a VC serious enough to start bargaining, you're going to have done a code audit already (whether or not it's on github) to validate claims. The real value in these firms is not the code, but the employees' ability to execute on the entire business idea that their code supports.