Boesch: Founders Must Align Incentives Since VCs Need $100M Scale
Jordan Boesch · He launched a “side-project”— now it’s used by 10% of all restaurants. | Jordan Boesch, Founder o... · PMF Show · Apr 28, 2025 · at 9:25
Jordan Boesch, founder and CEO of 7shifts, reflects on advice received from SkipTheDishes co-founder Josh Simair regarding fundraising expectations and scale.
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“Everyone sort of feels like I have to raise money to build a company. And it's, that's not true. The difference between like, oh, I want to build a million dollar company or a ten million dollar company or a hundred million or a billion dollar company. Like those are different. Those are just different mindsets and effort and all of these things. And I think that Yeah, I think that that's an important thing when people start thinking through what they want to build. Is you might think like, I want to build a massive company to you, a massive company might be like a ten million dollar a year company. Well, for the investor that's writing you a check, they need you to be a hundred million dollar company. And I think just like getting that, those incentives aligned, even if you do pursue that road is important.”
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