I've heard a lot of claims of things being standard advice (not picking on you, just this is commonly used expression) where the thing in question isn't standar

I've heard a lot of claims of things being standard advice (not picking on you, just this is commonly used expression) where the thing in question isn't standard, and is actually harmful or detrimental (or more specifically, highly biased in favor of the person handing out the "advice") All of the "advice" I've seen from Venture Capitalists have been self serving rationalizations that almost never are really "standard" terms as much as they would like them to be. For example, in one company I worked with, every employee had an anti-dilution clause. This didn't keep the VCs away.