"𝗧𝗵𝗲 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝘃𝗮 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆"
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They 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗠 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿—de
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The fact that investors called them “crazy” just shows how short-term most VCs think. They want returns in 5 years, not revolutions in 10. This is exactly why some of the best founders bootstrap or delay raising.
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