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Paddy Ryan & Mary Lin, Co-founders @ Odin

Riding Unicorns: Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | Technology

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The Challenges of Investing in a Startup

I'd probably rather give cash than my own equity, because you're basically this not you investing. I suspect the challenge with that model is if it's a really good company,. If a secondary fund comes along and just says, we'll give you 500 K in cash, and you don't have to take any equity in our fund, I'd be like, I'll just take the cash. But yeah, I mean, it's quite hard one to get off the ground. The other thing there is I think what you'll struggle with with founders. And I'm starting to find this as our business does better and better.

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