"And at any rate, most VCs go on vacation during August, so if you don't close your round by August 2, all bets are off...until September 1. This happens every year."
I am not sure why you feel there's a need to make an unrelated assumption when, if you actually read the well-written techcrunch article, there's a reason why Mark said that - it's related to funding certainty and economics.
Then you should google "funding certainty" to see that it is widely used. Just because you don't relish using slightly oxymoronic phrase doesn't mean others don't
I am not sure why you feel there's a need to make an unrelated assumption when, if you actually read the well-written techcrunch article, there's a reason why Mark said that - it's related to funding certainty and economics.