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A comment from one of the advisors:

(We have a $100 challenge– if any of the founders in Portland Ten are able to quit their day job during the program, because they’ve generated sufficient revenue/funding, we will give them $100).

http://portlandten.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/now-interviewing...

$100!? That is insulting... It doesn't look like they have very good advice to give when they have something like that.

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Its a symbolic reward.

There are actually a bunch of triggers for getting the $100. Like getting outside investment, deciding that the business won't work and quiting, and a pile of others.

Its like getting a coffee cup at work with the company logo on it for being there a year. Its not the reason you do the job.

It still seems weird to give a small amount of cash as a reward for attracting a much larger amount of cash.

Yeah, I'd take the coffee mug.

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