[randallsquared]

sitting down for lunch with some VC's or C-level executives takes courage, and pitching your idea is literally asking for it to get shot down.

...where by "literally" you mean "figuratively". Unless VCs you lunch with habitually bring firearms or the like to lunch. :)

[yan]

"Literally" and "figuratively" mean the same things figuratively, but different literally.

[jdminhbg]

That depends on whether you think "literally" is modifying "asking" or "shot."

[david_shaw]

Well, I meant you were literally asking for critique, as opposed to just sitting down and fishing for empty compliments.

Happy 2011, I just woke up and laughed at the thought of a VC with a rocket-propelled grenade.