Because that sentence tells me everything I need to know:
→ You're playing startup theatre, not startup execution.
→ You're optimizing optics, not operations.
→ You're chasing runway, not revenue.
Fundraising is not your business model.
Fundraising is a bridge — not the destination.
If your pitch sounds like this:
“We’re raising this seed round so we can hit the metrics for a strong Series A…”
I already know:
→ You’re outsourcing strategic thinking to your future investors.
→ You have no idea how to win the current market.
→ You’re hoping momentum will solve clarity.
It won’t.
Great founders raise for one reason:
To buy time to hit real milestones — product-market fit, channel breakthroughs, user obsession, revenue validation.
Weak founders raise to survive until the next pitch deck update.
Here’s the brutal mental reframe:
You don’t get the next round because you raised this one.
You get the next round because this one made your business undeniable.
Raising money to raise more money is like eating to get hungrier.
It’s dumb. Stop doing it.
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