If your product can't survive without external capital then you will have to raise. I was talking about self-sustainable startups.
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Chase profitability, positioning, and product-market fit.
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Harsh Kumar
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If i have an idea and made the product such as an app what should i do next to raise funding without someone stoling my idea
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