They're not even equally plausible if you assume that being a VC suggests any positive amount of skill at picking likely successes from among startups. The "VC

They're not even equally plausible if you assume that being a VC suggests any positive amount of skill at picking likely successes from among startups. The "VC is bad for you" point of view suffers significantly under most reasonable assumptions. Plus, all of these drawbacks apply substantially to unfunded companies, except maybe four. Although, if it were MY money on the line rather than an investor's, I think I'd be MORE careful with it, not less. So the pressure cooker aspect should decrease with VC.