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a) You don't have to take VC funding to be a startup. b) If you do take VC funding, you don't have to adopt VC culture too. (VCs don't even get a board seat un
by samstokes 10y ago
a) You don't have to take VC funding to be a startup.
b) If you do take VC funding, you don't have to adopt VC culture too. (VCs don't even get a board seat until the series A.) Some startups do adopt VC culture anyway, but it's not a forgone conclusion.