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> (in a lot of cases, you don't want people to know you just raised $1.5mm a year or two after your initial seed money). Why? What kinds of signals does that
by 777466 14y ago
> (in a lot of cases, you don't want people to know you just raised $1.5mm a year or two after your initial seed money).
Why? What kinds of signals does that send?
- rdl 14y agoTo channel Biggie Smalls via Ben Horowitz, "don't you know Bad Boys move in silence and violence?". If competitors don't know you're well funded, they're more likely to ignore you. On a more practical level, it keeps the bottom feeder companies which troll crunchbase/techcrunch/etc and spam you with recruiting/etc. offers for months away. There's not a lot of upside in letting people know you're funded before a product is launched.