[DrJid]

I guess a follow up to this is.. if you had a product, could you then convince Mark Cuban to buy 10% instead of 20%? You still get benefit of having Mark Cuban's name alongside your company while still retaining more of it.

Plus, that 10% can then go to future investors. (I think that's what the article was trying to say)

[rokhayakebe]

What percentage of tech companies succeed/ed because of "Big Name?"

[hodgesrm]

Umm, Theranos?