@marktluszcz Interesting but partial (and misleading) take. My read is that he's being realistic (2C is already missed) but saying "we should really stay at 2ish and not be irresponsible and get closer to 3". Full article:
https://t.co/pzfBbbmeew
@ikirigin Here's a hypothetical I've used with founders: "Imagine Sequoia (or a16z, Lowercarbon, etc) offers to lead the round at a very healthy valuation, but on the condition that you step down as CEO and sell your shares to them. What do you do?"
@jefielding You need balance on the founding team :)
But if you have to choose one, it's pretty clear that execution gets your first customers and vision gets your first investors ; I'd choose execution every time because the goal is not to raise money but to build a business.