Ask HN: Best ways to get my money out of IRA?

I have a good chunk of my money in an IRA account. I would like to get it out so that I can invest in non-dollar based assets.

Has anyone got any creative ways to do this?

I once read somewhere that if you have a start up, with some clever accounting, you can pull in the money from your IRA into the 401(k) of your start up and then use it for funding your start up. Is this true?

Any other hacks greatly appreciated.