I'm sorry, but these points don't play in the real world. The concern is fair but over-simplified and thus moot. If your business' prospects depend primarily o

I'm sorry, but these points don't play in the real world. The concern is fair but over-simplified and thus moot. If your business' prospects depend primarily on the outward appearance of your investors, it really shouldn't exist. And a VC that depends on another VC to "pick the winners" should just turn over their funds since they have abstained from their purpose.