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		lopkeny12ko on June 19, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fast Crimes at Lambda School Isn't every VC-funded startup overly optimistic? I've seen pitch decks before where founders promise 10x growth over the next 2 years to an impossible projected revenue. It is obviously not going to happen, and indeed did not. Should those founders be criminally charged as well?

afavour on June 19, 2024 [–]

IMO there’s a meaningful difference between pitching to VC investors and selling a product to individual customers.

mcguire on June 19, 2024 | [–]

There is a meaningful legal difference between lying to VC investors and lying to people taking out loans from you.

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