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Does raising money mean you should start scaling?

The Next Web

You’re learning what the metrics that matter are, what your funnel looks like, and what actions you want your prospects to take. It should never be the financing event that dictates whether to shift or not. Clearly investors should promote the idea that startups need to have clear metrics for terminating the discovery mode.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. My suggestions for the investors seeking emerging companies to back?