Once you take money, the clock starts ticking

Re:Once you take money, the clock starts ticking by patio11 on Sunday February 26, 2012 @01:21AM (#3634994)

There's progress and there's progress. If I 10x AR's revenue this year that is pretty motivational for me. If I had taken money last year, though, aiming for "just" 10x would set me up for a very unpleasant series of conversations when the money ran out.

A subtext of this discussion is that taking money means that some outcomes which are wins for the entrepreneur but losses for the moneymen become untenable. (Outcomes which are wins for the moneymen and losses for the entrepreneur, on the other hand...)

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Re:Once you take money, the clock starts ticking by mattmanser on Sunday February 26, 2012 @09:17AM (#3635641)

Unpleasant conversations?

Seems an odd thing to focus on. They gambled on you in hope of making more money, it didn't pay off. Of course it won't be a fun conversation to have, but why are you worrying about that now?

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Re:Once you take money, the clock starts ticking by tptacek on Sunday February 26, 2012 @12:54PM (#3636155)

He means "I'll be fired from my own company, even though I'll have made more money for the business than I ever had previously".

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