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Travis Kalanick, Mark Pincus, and other founders share their horror stories of pitching to VCs; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly calls out Vinod Khosla (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)
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Travis Kalanick, Mark Pincus, and other founders share their horror stories of pitching to VCs; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly calls out Vinod Khosla (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

Julie Bort / TechCrunch : Travis Kalanick, Mark Pincus, and other founders share their horror stories of pitching to VCs; Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly calls out Vinod Khosla — Asking venture capitalists for investment is a rite of passage for tech founders. This has led to another universal experience: the VC pitching horror story.

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