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		catshirt on July 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Do bootstrapped billion-dollar companies e... this is definitely not my forte but if VC thinks they could flip the company isn't there a more direct route than buying into a round for the sake of press?

dave_sullivan on July 25, 2014 [–]

You've got to own some shares to make money in an acquisition. It's not for the press.

catshirt on July 25, 2014 | [–]

wish i could delete my comment, i wasn't thinking

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