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		throwawaysleep on March 12, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Joint statement by the Department of the Treasury,... Why bootstrap? The VCs came through for their companies here. They got the government to change course. Many told their startups ahead of time to pull cash from a failing bank.

dr_dshiv on March 13, 2023 [–]

> Many told their startups ahead of time to pull cash from a failing bank.

Still pissed about that. It was the proximate cause of the bank run.

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