One critical element in the article that is brushed aside too fast is that the founders did cash out by selling it to Dropbox first. It is easy to say: "build a

One critical element in the article that is brushed aside too fast is that the founders did cash out by selling it to Dropbox first. It is easy to say: "build an open source, slow growing business it is way better" when you have a fat bank account... The reality for most people is that even if you want to build a sustainable business founders also need to pay their bills and the VC route right now fills that need. Is it ideal? No. But until we have another model I won't judge founders for taking VC money.