I think it depends on the stage that the company is at. I think for tiny startups, investors aren't going to fund them anyway. And so coming from a good place from their perspective, you might have a misalignment of incentives sometimes. The worst thing you do for an investor is like be profitable, but not grow fast enough for them. If you're a founder, that ain't so bad.
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about investor terms and incentives.
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