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There's a clear difference between raising a lot of capital and spending money foolishly. Just because a company finds it easy to raise large amounts of capital
by softdev12 12y ago
There's a clear difference between raising a lot of capital and spending money foolishly. Just because a company finds it easy to raise large amounts of capital, doesn't mean that it's necessarily a bubble-type phenomenon. It could be the case, and probably is, that the company created a lot value and so was able to raise the money easily because of said value creation.
Having a capital cushion is an effective strategy, especially if the market does shift and the bubble becomes self-fulfilling.
The real issue is either around the need to quickly spend any raised capital or a valuation problem created for the next round. These are the things that management should focus on.
- jrometty 12y agoThe only problem with early stage companies having a capitol cushion is the decreased mandatory competitiveness. It doesn't apply to everyone or even a majority, but some meaningful percentage of young companies will lose focus when their runway is long enough for them to slow down.