If you really need funds to scale you should be looking at business loans and financing, not venture capital. Talk to banks, show them your books, provide recei

If you really need funds to scale you should be looking at business loans and financing, not venture capital. Talk to banks, show them your books, provide receipts, let them talk to a few customers, and you'll have 12 to 24 months growth money out the door no problem. Unless you are using the word "scale" to mean prove your business model, then yeah, your hat is in the same ring as all sorts of harebrained ideas.