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Loved the article - VCs and investing is indeed an approach where you want the future to be 'X', so for that, in the present you want to do 'Y' at 'Z' costs.

In essence, we are doing exactly what this describes, and every time investors or founders take cash off the table on a round, they are indeed taking future 'gain' money into the present, without knowing exactly if the future will turn out as described and anticipated.