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Bridge rounds work for product delays, not market or team failures
“If it really is, you know, it took a little longer for the product, but it's awesome. We just need three more months before we can have that customer traction. I think that the bridge round is probably going to be fine. If it's, well, we need six more months b…”
Phil Black Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 13:07 20VC: True Ventures Founder, Phil Black on 4 Major Risk Categories for Startups, Why The Funding Gap Is At The "Rational B" Round & Why VCs Must Start Small But Think Big
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Founders spend large early rounds over 12 to 18 months regardless
“The problem with saying, well, we'll just raise a whole bunch more on the first round is that it's human nature. You don't divide that number by 36 and spend accordingly. You tend to just Divide that number again by that 12 or that 18. And so then you're spend…”
Phil Black Sep 4, 2017 ▶ 10:29 20VC: True Ventures Founder, Phil Black on 4 Major Risk Categories for Startups, Why The Funding Gap Is At The "Rational B" Round & Why VCs Must Start Small But Think Big
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