Criticizing High Founder Dilution Proves You Have Never Raised Capital
Tanis Jorge · Building Strong Cofounder Partnerships with Tanis George · May 22, 2025 · at 23:01
Serial entrepreneur and author Tanis Jorge discusses venture scaling and dismisses online criticism regarding founder dilution across financing rounds.
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“I remember reading an article about a founder who had exited with this very small amount of shares at the end of a major exit, and I remember reading the comments and people being very critical about how they gave so much of their equity away as they raised money, and I, it, to me, was a very tell-sale sign of people who had never raised money before”
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