Aside from the value VCs provide in the form of raw cash, I like to think of investors the same way employees should think of stock options. In the majority of

Aside from the value VCs provide in the form of raw cash, I like to think of investors the same way employees should think of stock options. In the majority of cases they won't be very valuable (no matter how valuable they pitch themselves to be), but in rare cases they can be very valuable. It's a gamble.