🔀 raising big to avoid raising again
This week in The Pivot: over-raising to dodge your next round — giving away more equity, taking on a milestone you can't hit, and winding up back at the table anyway. From a worse spot.
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Our team works with startup founders, venture capital funds, accelerators, incubators, universities, economic development groups, and large enterprises to help them discover the right problems to solve, define the most impactful solutions, and test it all with real customers.
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This week in The Pivot: over-raising to dodge your next round — giving away more equity, taking on a milestone you can't hit, and winding up back at the table anyway. From a worse spot.
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