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		pg on Oct 22, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Will Y Combinator taking Sequoia investmen... Because if the startup wasn't one they'd have funded otherwise, it would be the world's most extreme case of throwing good money after bad. They'd be investing millions to improve their return on an investment of tens of thousands.

carbocation on Oct 23, 2009 | [–]

PG is right on. Sequoia didn't get this far by dumping money into failing companies just because they had previously dumped money into them.

gbookman on Oct 23, 2009 | [–]

Makes sense to me.

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