On: Ask HN: Anybody who left IT?

[no_wizard]

I imagine the key insight is convincing the VC firms to have you on retainer for a fixed amount to be deployed at a startup they are funding at their choosing (this could obviously pay them back ten fold), not so much in getting startups themselves to do it.

Then again, VC/startup business culture is not unilateral or one way. Like all business relationships, both sides can be blind to the needs or wills of the other.