I think the key phrase here is "in the long run". Nothing that you said suggests that there's something going on besides an honest rookie mistake. And if you a

I think the key phrase here is "in the long run". Nothing that you said suggests that there's something going on besides an honest rookie mistake. And if you are not willing to loose some dime because a rookie did something that in retrospective sounded stupid... well, it doesn't seem you will enjoy Venture Capitalism very much. If and when these guys try to make a business model out of it, and there is a track of investor's money dilapidated in building technically sound products with zero market value... well, word can spread out pretty fast.