> If every VC company tries to pull you into their walled garden, I can still choose from among a variety of said walled gardens. When they play it right, you'

> If every VC company tries to pull you into their walled garden, I can still choose from among a variety of said walled gardens. When they play it right, you're forced to choose all of them, or at least a significant subset of them, so that their partially overlapping offering add up to the actual thing you need.