On Raising Venture Capital
Biz Stone
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I once got offered a $5k investment by this broker in Florida on some new startup called Amazon. And he even promised they’d sponsor a Macy’s Day Parade or some crap. I was taught “If it’s too good to be true, then guess what?”. So I said no. But he kept push calling me over and over. At my job, at my house, on my beeper (yes, beeper) and I kept telling him to F(*^ oFF!!