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The clock runs longer than you think
Almost every first-time founder underestimates the calendar.
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Short pieces on the parts of fundraising that founders tend to discover too late. No theory, no borrowed frameworks, just what actually happens inside a round.
Almost every first-time founder underestimates the calendar.
Investor interest does not build gradually.
Early-stage companies go back to the market roughly every fifteen months, and plenty return sooner because burn ran hotter than planned or growth demanded fuel earlier than planned.
Startups rarely die because the idea was bad. They die because the bank account hit zero mid-raise.
Count roughly three months from the first time an investor takes you seriously to the day the money arrives.
Asked what matters most when choosing a deal, nineteen investors in twenty point at the founders.
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