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Bill Porter in conversation with Howard Anderson

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“It’s a case where the entrepreneur wants to build a business, and is madly in love with a great concept, and the VC wants to make a quick buck. It’s a partnership, but the guy with control is the guy with bucks. That’s not a good recipe. ... You have a dichotomy of interests.”
— Bill Porter


(From MIT World)

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