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Initial VC and follow-ons, statistically, are not as easy as headlines make it seem. Likewise, for "organic", key is to remember that growth is crucial to a st
by lmeyerov 11y ago
Initial VC and follow-ons, statistically, are not as easy as headlines make it seem.
Likewise, for "organic", key is to remember that growth is crucial to a startup ("grow or die") vs. small business, and at early stages, the step function around big salaries sucks.
Ex 1: SaaS where growth seems on nice trajectory so you hire up on sales (~3mo warmup to effectiveness), yet maybe Google switches algorithms and your marketing funnel dies.
Ex 2: Enterprise where you hire up for a big customer who then flakes out.
You could choose not to grow, but that's arguably riskier.
- lifeisstillgood 11y agoI'm not saying it is easier, just that if capital wants to invest it needs to do so at a price the founders will accept - and it seems there is far more capital than founders (with good ideas / teams). Which means the price goes up.
- lmeyerov 11y agoAs someone with arguably both, and the same with my peers, not really. Difference between easier and easy.