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7 Reasons Startups Should Not Take VC Funding - Advice from Serial Entrepreneur Greg Gianforte

August 15, 2008

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This is a guest column written for Silicon Valley Watcher by Greg Gianforte, CEO of RightNow Technologies and a serial entrepreneur:

Raising venture capital for early stage start-ups seems to be the prevailing path for most entrepreneurs; however, most would-be founders should reconsider.

By Tom Foremski

Full Story: http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/ ... s_start.php
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