Comments on: Raising Startup Capital is an Achievement, But Not the Most Important One

By: Andy1x1

Andy1x1 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:42:00 +0000

The idea of no money is just dove in the sky. Find capital for invetitsy great achievement. Find tens of millions of free money at this time!

By: Andy1x1

Andy1x1 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:42:00 +0000

The idea of no money is just dove in the sky. Find capital for invetitsy great achievement. Find tens of millions of free money at this time!

By: hala

hala — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:13:21 +0000

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By: P. Veazey

P. Veazey — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:07:14 +0000

You should publish this in major business mags.

By: janiejohns

janiejohns — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:38:11 +0000

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By: Benjamin Yoskovitz

Benjamin Yoskovitz — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:22:05 +0000

Emanuel – Thank you for the positive feedback, I'm glad the content here was of value to you. Best of luck in your startup and fundraising.

By: Emanuel

Emanuel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:53:03 +0000

I am just in the process of preparing my pitch. And I perfectly agree, when you raise a huge sum, you don't get money, you just get the opportunity to make money. This opportunity will be hard earned and one must be cautious to put it to great use.
Btw, I love your internal links, I just spent 4 hours of reading and summarizing all the amazing posts you have about raising capital. I highly value the insight you provide me in the whole funding process. Thank you very much!

By: Niall Harbison

Niall Harbison — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:02:22 +0000

I have been around the start up scene for a couple of years and with very few exceptions I have seen companies who raise money get lazy. What they don't realise is that it is only getting started and that irrespective of the comfort the money brings there is still more work than ever to be done to get the company of f the ground and that the money won't last forever. I especially worry abotu companies raising money and as soon as they get it start talking about the next round. You have to start building the value at some stage!

By: giffc

giffc — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:02:52 +0000

totally agree with Mark's comments, and with your intent Ben. It is not uncommon for startups to raise a significant round and all of a sudden *lose* focus, because now they have the financial resources to do so much more, place more bets, etc. rather than stay laser lean. It is done with the best of intentions — gunning for the growth you just promised an investor — but can be quite dangerous.

By: Benjamin Yoskovitz

Benjamin Yoskovitz — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:27:09 +0000

I agree: “Relief can be mistaken for success” — because the process of raising capital is SO hard and SO intense. It can quickly dominate a startup's life.