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What's the reasoning for that though from the VC perspective?

They want to come in and see the monkeys working at the zoo.

I wonder if readers will take this comment seriously, but it very much sums up the reasoning based on my experience. And some CEOs think that too.

I've been part of startups where VCs would stop by to pat on the CEO on the back, take a little tour of the office, happy to see 15-ish bozos banging on the keyboard. Sometimes they would invite some of their buddies to show off their monkeys. I don't know, maybe it was the VC version of a dick fight.

I have seen that too. It's especially important to show off someone from MIT or Stanford when the VCs do their rounds.

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