Exactly. Funding is only a means to an end, and all too often startups forget that. Even if you look at the Google, Facebook, and Microsofts of the world you'll

Exactly. Funding is only a means to an end, and all too often startups forget that. Even if you look at the Google, Facebook, and Microsofts of the world you'll see that they were very lean to begin with and proved their market before scaling up with funding. The money line in his post: "The reality is that for most businesses, they don’t need more cash, they need more brains."