Slow Ride
The more VC, the less control. Why not take it easy?
By Cynthia E. Griffin •
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Here's the scenario: You get a great idea for a Web site,get it up and running, then go looking for venture backing.Investors like it and decide to opt in. They plunk down a cool $20million and you ride off into the sunset temporarily flush.
Sounds like a script any self-respecting dotcom would follow,right? Not if you're Cofix Inc., a Web site that matches smalland midsized firms with technical-service providers and helpsentrepreneurs keep track of their service needs via theInternet.
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