What If You Can't Raise? Alternatives to Venture Capital
Written by Harry Prabandham
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Revenue-First Alternatives
- Shift to a revenue-first mindset: can you reach profitability or cash-flow breakeven with your current resources?
- Focus on your highest-margin, fastest-closing customer segments. Cut experiments and double down on what's working
- Consider consulting or services revenue to bridge the gap. It's not scalable, but it extends runway while you build product
- Many successful companies (Mailchimp, Basecamp, Zoho) never raised venture capital. Profitability is always an option
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About the author
Harry PrabandhamFounder & CEO
Founder and CEO of StartupCFO. MBA from Wharton, MS in Computer Science, and decades of experience building and advising venture-backed startups.
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