Pigs indeed — agree completely. No one should do business with such creeps. At the same time, especially when you're starting out, you've got a lot of insecuri

Pigs indeed — agree completely. No one should do business with such creeps. At the same time, especially when you're starting out, you've got a lot of insecurity already, male or female, about your pitch, about your idea, your business, everything. It's fucked up to ladle on ever more confusion to the process by making the beginner wonder if a rebuke will foul other opportunities. The relationship should be reciprocal, yes, but let's be real, the investor has done this way more than the entrepreneur. The imbalance of power feels real and it's disgusting to see it abused so crassly.