Damn, I get even excited typing about it.
You do this a couple times and then you realize, the salary you picked up from the investment round is cold comfort compared to the years of the most productive chunk of your life that you gave up.
There's nothing inherently wrong with taking outside money, but if you're doing it because "now you have the opportunity to realize your dream"...
I think it's good if you're excited about the business you're building. It is only logical to take outside money if it would help you build your business. Ofcourse you don't always need outside money to build your business - and in some cases it might be better without - but if you're in the case that outside money would help you - then I don't see anything wrong with it.
In fact, I had to make more decisions: "Once A, B, and C are complete, I need to find funding. If I get funding from X, then I can proceed with Y. If X falls through buy N gives me funding, I'll do Z because of M. If both come through, then I'm limited by H and J, and therefore I'll go with either Q or W." Obviously, it's more complicated than this, and sometimes my mental maps gave me headaches - but what I'm trying to illustrate is that once you have something solid, I think things become simpler. Instead of planning for a myriad of possibilities, you only need to make one or two per instance.
It makes sense in a very practical way. You're a startup, and you really need to focus on that startup, no matter what happens.
After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water.
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