It's a bad analogy. Once you take investor funding, the die is cast. You can pivot (to some extent, now that investors have learnt what that means), but you can

It's a bad analogy. Once you take investor funding, the die is cast. You can pivot (to some extent, now that investors have learnt what that means), but you can't change the scope of your company. Will it be a lifestyle business, a niche player, or the next big thing?