You forget the 'mere mortals' working at the company. They keep their equity rather than the VC. On the Oculus example: I got what I paid for. Did they ever sa

You forget the 'mere mortals' working at the company. They keep their equity rather than the VC. On the Oculus example: I got what I paid for. Did they ever say equity? Did they ever say that backers got decision making rights for a company on the financial high-wire (both IP and hardware capital expenses). Really, I thought the outcry against Oculus just exposed how little people think through the hard choices of running a business and how entitled they feel for so little expenditure.