Kyle Harrison has written Build What’s Fundable. It’s a good, and long, read on the development of venture capital and startup funding over the last 20 years. An article for students of startup and venture capital on how startup funding became more professional, but that brought second-order effects of startups being ‘manufactured’ to access follow-on funding.
I don’t think it is wrong to adapt strategy to make fundraising easier (it is really hard for 99 % of startups, so all advantages are worth seeking), but agree with Kyle’s point that one should seek to ‘find beliefs worth living for’. Not only making sure the next fundraising round is a success.
I think I’ll have more thoughts related to the article once I’ve read it again and have let it ponder for a while.
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