Loyalty is a one way street.

Triple is when VC's don't even know they invested

Excellent! We're not even in stealth mode and I sometimes think our VCs have forgotten they invested

Met a VC recently who snarked that another fund invests in competitors because they can't remember what's in their portfolio.

Take the money and run!

Love it! :)

I hope you are not seriously considering lying about giving out the iPod.

No. But the original comment said iPod "drawing"...

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