raising money

3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 5, 2018 by David Barrett · across every show →

Everything said about raising money, oldest first

Apr 5, 2018 negative
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David Barrett equates celebrating venture capital funding to celebrating bank loans
“Like, to celebrate raising money is to celebrate that you took out a loan.”
David Barrett Apr 5, 2018 ▶ 7:31 985 How Expensify Hit $60m+ Magic on Bottom Up Business Model
May 8, 2019 negative
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Carson: Companies should build a business first before raising venture capital
“I really think we're focusing too much on raising money. You know, I think companies should build a business and figure out, you know, how to do that and then go raise a bunch of money. That's fine, but not the other way around.”
Ryan Carson May 8, 2019 ▶ 8:30 1383 Treehouse Moves from $24m ARR B2C SaaS to B2B Helping Companies Scale Dev Teams
Mar 12, 2024 negative
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Latka: First-Time Founders Raise Capital for Validation, Prolonging Bad Ideas
“But a lot of, in my opinion, raising money, the reason, especially first time founders do it, is it's actually just, it makes them feel better. It makes them feel like they're doing the right thing if they can convince people to give them money. And then they …”
Nathan Latka Mar 12, 2024 ▶ 9:48 20 year old wins $3m playing Poker, launches $4m bootstrapped SaaS
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