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That's insane funding so congrats. Just shows I'm the Dropbox commentator. I have what exe provides on my own and am shocked by the value these abstractions pr
by zackify 6mo ago
That's insane funding so congrats.
Just shows I'm the Dropbox commentator. I have what exe provides on my own and am shocked by the value these abstractions provide everyone else!! One off containers on my own hardware spin up spin down run async agents, etc, tailscale auth, team can share or connect easily by name.
- sixhobbits 6mo agoInvestment is done by relationships, belief in a future vision and team, and growth metrics like number of paying customers. The technology itself in its current form is not valuable
- isoprophlex 6mo agoSobering comment for all the little people like myself who dream of owning a business based on a vision of cool tech that just does what it promises (as opposed to all the corporate shovelware out there)
- dgb23 6mo agoYou can still do that. Not every business needs to be a hyperscaling startup.
- qudat 6mo agoAgreed! Over at https://pico.sh https://pico.sh we are chugging along and having a blast. Profitable but at a scale that is manageable for us. Cheers
- crawshaw 6mo agoAuthor here. Almost every VC rejected us when we went to get seed funding for Tailscale, we knew none of them. Friends of friends of acquaintances got us meetings. Fundraising is very possible for you if you are committed to building a business. Most important thing is don't think of fundraising as the goal, it is just a tool for building a business. (And some businesses don't need VC funding to work. Some do.) The biggest challenge is personal: do you want to build a business or do you want to work with cool tech? Sometimes those goals are aligned, but usually they are not. Threading the needle and doing both is difficult, and you always have to prioritize the business because you have to make payroll.
- momojo 6mo agoHow did you eventually get funding after those initial rejections? What changed?
- crawshaw 6mo agoOne VC (well, two) understood it. Despite what you hear, there is a lot of variation. Speak to a lot of people.
- ignoramous 6mo agoSurprising that a founding team as strong as Tailscale's had to go door-to-door to get seed funding in. Glad that Tailscale did & changed the industry like it ought to, though I'm sure, y'all would have managed to self-fund it either way.
- simonebrunozzi 6mo ago> Just shows I'm the Dropbox commentator. Ha! This made me smile :)