When I ask “how can you trust the company”, I don’t mean to imply that the founders have less than good intentions. But once you take VC money, the founders intentions don’t mean much.
I’m sure the founders of both Instagram and WhatsApp - just two companies that come to mind where the founders were idealistic and they were hit hard with the reality stick once they got acquired - really believed that their company wouldn’t change for the worse once they were acquired.
When I ask “how can you trust the company”, I don’t mean to imply that the founders have less than good intentions. But once you take VC money, the founders intentions don’t mean much.
I’m sure the founders of both Instagram and WhatsApp - just two companies that come to mind where the founders were idealistic and they were hit hard with the reality stick once they got acquired - really believed that their company wouldn’t change for the worse once they were acquired.