perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC)
how VC is evolving, and musings on funding alternatives for founders
by sari and · updated 4mo ago
perspectives on funding and venture capital (VC)
by sari and · updated 4mo ago
Venture capital should come with a warning label. In our experience, VC kills more startups than slow customer adoption, technical debt and co-founder infighting — combined. VC should be a catalyst for growing companies, but, more commonly, it’s a toxic substance that destroys them. VC often compels companies to prematurely scale, which is typicall... See more
sari added 7mo ago
sari added 8mo ago
from Joseph Jacks (OSS). Reminds me of what Elon Musk said in his Walter Isaacson biography - most VCs have no creativity or insight.
andrea added 9mo ago
I agree with this
sari added 9mo ago
what founders want
Alara added 1y ago
I have a theory, which has not let me down so far, that there is an inverse relationship between imagination and money. Because the more money and technology that is available to [create] a work, the less imagination there will be in it. My favorite films are those that were made on a shoestring. And they weren’t adaptations of some other work, the... See more
Alara added 1y ago
sari added 1y ago
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