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		pg on Aug 22, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask PG: Do you ever fund startups outside of norma... Yes, this is common. Many of the people we fund don't need the money. And e.g. the founders of Friendfeed and Twitter didn't need the money either.

netsp on Aug 24, 2009 [–]

Is it normal (not necessarily within YC, I'm speaking generally) for them to either accept money regardless in order to get the associated benefits (even if these include help raising larger sums later) or come to some non cash exchange?

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