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by reality_TV 3891 days ago
Seeing this story slightly riles me up.

My favorite uncle has a brother who is rich behind wildest dreams. He invested in this supposed unicorn. What did or does she do to get rich people to pull out their wallets and possibly dump their money down the drain?

I, on the other hand have so much opportunity knocking at my door (demoing my tech to Google, Samsung, about to go onto an inventor reality tv show and tons more), yet am unable to connect with the same rich people including my uncle's brother.

As they say it only takes one wealthy person to invest in you and others will follow. Not sure what other signals that need to happen to show him and or others that based on my history I should be given a similar shot. Been at this for 8 years and these amazing opportunities continue to knock and knock. All opportunities are a huge honor, yet extremely frustrating when you don't have the resources to take advantage of it all!
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CamperBob2 3891 days ago
You're being modded down for whining, no doubt, but I can see where you're coming from. Every dollar that goes to Theranos (or Enron, or any number of other slickly-packaged plays) is a dollar that doesn't go to someone else's company. Gotta be frustrating to watch that happen over and over when you're personally sure you're a better bet.
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reality_TV 3891 days ago
im not surprised of being downvoted ... i sound like a whiner no doubt. Whining that if your born rich and affluent or have strong ties to such then getting your startup funded is a ton easier.

Pardon my whining about how getting funding works for a good majority of start-uppers. Like how many Ivy Leaguers has YC funded? Is it a majority or minority amount?

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olefoo 3891 days ago
Excuse the bafflement. But wouldn't your uncles brother be your father? Unless you meant to use brother-in-law instead of brother in your post?

Also it sounds like you have some good tech, but need a partner who is able and experienced in dealing with investors.

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reality_TV 3891 days ago
My 8 year history indicates my strong points are ideas, marketing the ideas and building them out some with teams of consultants who are not 500% vested as I.

I'd love to find a true startup partner who has connections and is vested the same as I. One who will and drop everything to help me take advantage of all this opportunity.

My favorite uncle is my father's cousins husband. His brother was the CEO of large well know retail store.

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