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As it’s portrayed in the media, venture capital, startups, and entrepreneurship are all about glitz, glamour, and overnight riches. Because of this, and because of the size of some of the checks that venture capitalists might turn over to entrepreneurs, many new entrepreneurs operate under the misguided idea that raising venture capital money is the goal and that doing so means you’ve succeeded.