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Who in their right mind, except for the utterly desperate, would accept money from Benchmark? Talk about letting the fox into the henhouse, you can't trust tho
by pfarnsworth 9y ago
Who in their right mind, except for the utterly desperate, would accept money from Benchmark? Talk about letting the fox into the henhouse, you can't trust those guys whatsoever.
- bsaul 9y agoCare to provide details ? I don't live in the valley so i'm not up to date with the latest gossip. Last time i heard about this firm, it was pretty complimentary
- arikr 9y agoMaybe referring to the Benchmark <> Epinions stuff. Though from what I know Benchmark's rep is pretty solid. Particularly as a king-maker, with Uber and Snap.
- goldenkey 9y agoSnap is grade A trash compactor
- pfarnsworth 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14609184 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14609184
- okuyiga 9y agoYou're fucking high if you think any VC is going to choose to protect their "founder-friendly" reputation over their $9BB investment. Any institutional investor would be making the exact same decisions as benchmark here.