Today, raising money has never been easier but it’s increasingly becoming harder to run the startup.
The irony is that as technology gets simpler, building successful companies becomes more complex.
- Approx 75% of venture backed startups fail, with 10% failing within the first year.
- The pressure to deliver “VC-level returns” forces founders to optimize for short term metrics.
- Founders spend more time pitching, tweaking decks, aligning to investor expectations instead of building the actual product.