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danielweber on Aug 18, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: OnLive assets acquired by newly formed company

Can't the founder be issued a bunch of new shares as part of the dilution? (I mean in theory, not in this specific case.)

btilly on Aug 18, 2012 [–]

In theory, yes. However in practice you generally need signoff from other investors, who are unlikely to be supportive.

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