What’s the point of getting funded?

Houman Asefi
https://capitaly.vc

🌟 Hey there, co-founders! Since New Year’s confetti, we’ve been juggling the idea of VC money vs. our own funding path. 🎩 Chatting with local legends, VC sorcerers, angel magicians, and biz wizards to get the scoop.

💸 Here’s the kicker with VC: we won’t dance in the money rain till ~B Round (like, 4–5 years on luck steroids). We’re not squirrels with savings stashed. VCs dish out a salary, but like, half the market’s “yo, pay me” rate. We’d earn more crocheting unicorn sweaters, true story.

🚀 We’re game to go low-rent till Product-Market Fit, right? But post-validation, it feels like a consolation prize in a video game. 💔

🎯 Yeah, yeah, stay hungry, share the pie, plant the VC flag on Everest — heard that before.

💼 Our deal: rock-solid MVP, market Jedi-mind trick (or so we thought — turns out The Mum Test school’d us). VCs went “Pre-seed o’clock, baby!” (10% for 200k in SAFE, EU vibes — sounds snazzy).

💰 Here’s the twist: we slap high-fives on landing 10–15 customers, we’re in ‘$$-Rainbow-Unicorn-City’. Call shots on hires, unleash the scaling beasts, and, oh hey, boost our pay. Money’s less ‘burden,’ more ‘bling’ RN.

🏋️‍♂️ Challenge: Give our debut customer a high-five. Now, with all this jive, we’re thinking let’s roll up sleeves, go Rocky-style, and skip the VC limo.

🎯 Reality check, anyone? Are we missing a plot twist in this startup saga?

🎩 Magic 8-Ball says: “If pay’s your jam, VC’s not the DJ.” If you’re into lifestyle jams, groove on. You can rock a goldmine and live comfy. But, if you thirst for unicorns and rockets 🚀, VC is the warp speed potion. Bet on scaling Everest in 10 yrs and cashing out in the Scrooge McDuck pool.

🕶️ Drop those thoughts, startup Avengers! ⚡ Let’s hear what’s cooking in the startup multiverse. 🍳🌌