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The Purpose of Raising Money

Sep 25, 2010 • Paul Singh

Paying yourself is not a reason to raise early stage funding:

The purpose of raising money is to accelerate the progress from Point A to Point B. That means you need assumptions around what Point B is and how you’re going to get there.

Well said.

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