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imh on Aug 25, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Having Won Over VCs, Y Combinator Turns to LPs

>...VCs treated their LPs a bit like mushrooms, keeping them mostly in the dark...

The full phrase is to treat your <insert business relation> like mushrooms: feed them shit and keep them in the dark.

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