>The more you pay, the shorter your runway. The horror of asking a company to charge customers to finance their operations rather than running the VC treadmill

>The more you pay, the shorter your runway. The horror of asking a company to charge customers to finance their operations rather than running the VC treadmill. I don't get how more founders don't realize it is in the VC's best interest to keep you on the treadmill, burning their money and giving away your equity.