I think the key lesson here, is you need to be in a position where failing to raise more money does not kill your company. So if you can convince your entire t

I think the key lesson here, is you need to be in a position where failing to raise more money does not kill your company. So if you can convince your entire team to eat ramen for an indefinite period of time between your first raise, and your second raise, you would have "solved" this problem for some definition of solved.