perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC)

I’ve been lucky to have started four software companies. Every time they end, whether it’s “a good outcome” or “a bad outcome”, it’s universally devastating.

🧱Alternative funding model (inspired by cooperative breweries) Get 1,000 people to chip in $1,000. Make them members/ co-owners. Put each person's name on a brick behind the bar. Let them brag to their friends that they co-own the bar Apply this to other businesses

How calm companies win by being long-term ambitious