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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world. Of course, a certain amount of initial capital without financial performance is absolutely necessary to get a business off the ground, especially in regulated industries. This also applies in acquisition conversations.

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. They come in lots of different flavors and stages of fundability. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. At this stage you’re essentially selling yourself and your cofounders. In between those times it’s pretty tough.