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"Startup Ideas We’d Like to Fund" No Longer Content to Write Checks, VCs Are Giving Away Their Best Ideas

July 1, 2011/

Most tech VCs would say they swear by Silicon Valley sage Ron Conway’s adage, "We invest in the entrepreneur first, not the idea," but we couldn’t help noticing that VCs seem increasingly comfortable placing a custom order.

By Adrianne Jeffries

Full Story: http://www.observer.com/2011/06/steal-this-start-up-no-longer-content-to-write-checks-vcs-are-giving-away-their-best-ideas/

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