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Is Growth Bad for Startups? Feat. Think3 (Video + Transcript)

Is Growth Bad for Startups? Feat. Think3 (Video + Transcript)

By Jason M. Lemkin on January 31, 2019

Alex Western, Managing Director at Think3, talks about the problem he has seen consistently across SaaS startups that have VC funding – overgrowth. Overgrowth normally happens because of misalignment in VC initiatives and founder initiatives. Because VCs want to make 15x on their investments, founders aren’t realizing that overgrowth is actually dangerous for their companies. […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Blog Posts, Early, Fundraising, growth, saastr europa, scale, videos

8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

8 Questions to Help Decide if You Should be Raising Money Now

By Mark Suster on February 17, 2011

A year ago I blogged about one of my most common mantras that applies to sales, biz dev & fund raising alike: “Time is the Enemy of all Deals.” When times are really good for fund raising many teams delay to maximize their valuation. Sometimes this pays off, other times it doesn’t. So how should […]

Posted in Entrepreneurship, Featured Posts | Tagged business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Eric Ries, Fundraising, Investor, Startup Advice, startups, vc funding, venture capital, venture funding

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