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		aaroneous on April 16, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ASK YC: Dilemma - A few VCs interested, but we don... Marc Andreessen says, to "[raise] as much as you can. Without giving away control of your company, and without being insane." (http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/07/the-pmarca-guid.html) I don't have the experience to say whether or not I agree, but it's another viewpoint worth considering.

wright on April 16, 2008 [–]

It kind of depends on what your strategy is. Netscape had to staff up quick so they raised as much as they could. In their case, they needed as much as they could get, I suppose.

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