Dicko: Skylights decided to cut fundraising short to prioritize sales
David Dicko · #4 Skylights · Mar 3, 2025 · at 28:14
David Dicko explains to host Josh Muccio how Skylights shifted strategy away from raising VC capital to proving commercial viability through sales.
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“We basically decided to cut the round short and focus on increasing our sales whereby trust was no longer, would no longer be the key thing.”
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