Remove B2B Remove Burn Rate Remove Customer Development
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Which Fundraising Round Should You Skip?

View from Seed

As a first time founder, having a few million dollars in the bank after a successful seed raise may seem like a huge amount of capital, and it’s easy to lose discipline around your burn rate. Experienced founders: B2B. For an experienced founder building in B2B, the round to skip is the pre-seed.

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Is the Lean Startup concept of MVP dead?

VC Cafe

In fact, they were screaming at them to dramatically reduce their burn rates. Ditch the business plan and when assumptions are proven wrong, pivot Customer Development: Build a product your customers want (vs. Angel investment, which was small to start with, disappeared, and most corporate VCs shut down.

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