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It's an old - and true - cliche that VCs rarely actually say 'no' - more often they say 'maybe', or 'not right now', or 'my partners aren't sure', or 'that's interesting, let me think about it'
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Marc Andreessen
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 9
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