No product, no problem!!
VC's are still funding pre-product companies. 👇
Koo's founder Mayank Bidawatka raises $4M in seed from Blume, General Catalyst and Athera even before beta launch.
This comes after 2 months of Pre-seed and announcement o
Am I the only one seeing the irony here? His previous venture Koo literally just failed for lack of traction, and VCs are throwing money at his next thing before it even exists? Peak 'founder market fit' nonsense.
Life really comes into perspective when your friend, who works at a major power transmission company says:- it's easier to sell to VCs, not so much to companies.
His boss btw is 65 y/o. Age Anxiety only exists in fast moving industries.
Most respe
Unpopular Opinion: Mega Tech Platform cannot scale with regular Indian VC.
What do you think about VCs and their recent chase for profitability? Especially, for companies like Koo, Sharechat.
I mean, we know and we've seen in the history of start-up
Been out of this app. Came back and seeing many people asking
what startup should I do?
Give me startup ideas?
I am very much irritated by listening this things. First of all a startup does not build by random peoples idea, or a great market fit
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1. Funding:
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The Most Common Practice in Startup Funding
The Steps of Funding,
Hey everyone,
We know that most startups use a specific funding method to get off the ground. Yesterday, I mentioned how most startups use traditional funding methods. Today, I wan
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Paul Graham's new essay which has taken over the internet.
Founder Mode
September 2024
At a YC event last week Brian Chesky gave a talk that everyone who was there will remember. Most founders I talked to afterward said it was the best they'd eve