startup advice has often has this framing of “here’s what you should do” when its almost always “heres what you have to do”
sfc was passed on by basically everyone at every round and at every round, that proved to be a mistake for those who passed; we’re up multiples over our last round
but each time we raised, i knew it was bad. my pitch was terrible, the business was a mess, and our deck was non existent or made hastily on the fly. I’m horrible at this sort of thing and worse before
But i hate this sort of advice because its useless to anyone who is doing anything
if you are in the drivers seat, your job is to drive the car. other people telling you the road the car is beat up can be ignored because it does not fix any of the problems to listen to people who dont offer solutions. anyone actually driving does not have an option of not talking to fund #101 or whatever.
you drive the car you got, on the road before you, you grip the damn wheel, floor the gas and make the best calls you can
weisser (@julianweisser)
If you talk to 100 seed funds and they won’t invest in your company you’re actually wrong.
Was reminded of this conversation I had with @eoghan.
Video
— https://nitter.net/julianweisser/status/2054348743361839553#m