Let's not get greedy with these bubblicious seed rounds

Alternately, when things slow down again, who wins? The people who have the lowest burn rate, the most cash in the bank, and the ability to turn profitable. Saying "well what if things have gone sour when you need to go back out for your next round" disregards the fact that investors will turn the screws on you then regardless of whether you gave them a good deal this time around or not.

smart words. Especially about supporting the VCs/Angels who are putting out for the founders. The contraction will occur, who do you want to still be standing? Help them help you succeed and all will be well.<p>In 25 years of consulting/contracting software dev it's always paid off to not let my rates slide up to the maximum the market will bear. MSuster's "high side of normal" kind of applied there as well.<p>When things slow down again who do you think gets work? The people who pushed clients for all the market would bear or the ones who let rates slide up a bit, but didn't go crazy pushing for the maximum last cent. Yep, the latter.