"One of the most important things a real investor needs to say is this; “I want my money back and I also want to keep my investments."

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I should say, the one thing you run into is, if you're trying to raise a round you have to decide, well, how much money are you trying to raise? And then you have to justify that to your investors, because they want to know why you [are] raising that much? Why aren't you raising either twice as much or half as much?

— David Plotz