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Maybe they should.

Find 1,000 half decent devs. Fund them for 1 year at 50K or so, with promise of 60% of company. Sprinkle over decent marketeers / designer / product mgrs.

Cost is now 50M USD + change.

Get to 10K MRR and its 120K pa, maybe 20-30K profit.

Does it matter which ones are just paying back their investment over two years, and the 1/1000 that might be a unicorn?

I just don't think VCs are playing the odds.




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