Gunderson: Timing matters more than team, product, or culture
Eric Gunderson · Bootstrapping vs Fundraising · Aug 28, 2018 · at 11:48
Mapbox CEO Eric Gunderson reflects on the primary determinants of company success while discussing early fundraising attempts on Sand Hill Road.
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“The most important thing is obviously timing, right? Team, product... Timing, timing, timing. I mean, the culture stuff gets, gets sorted with team and timing.”
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