Re:Ask YC: how much time do you spend juggling to prepare yo...
by jamiequint on Monday October 01, 2007 @09:06AM
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Product First, Pitch Second
How can you worry about investors when you don't even have anything to show them? It seems most people (from my observation) do it this way..
1. get a demo done
2. raise money
3. continue working
Sometimes one of the co-founders may continue working during the raising money stage, but for the most part raising money seems to consume most of the company's time during that stage. Everything seems to happen more sequentially than concurrently.
How can you worry about investors when you don't even have anything to show them? It seems most people (from my observation) do it this way..
1. get a demo done 2. raise money 3. continue working
Sometimes one of the co-founders may continue working during the raising money stage, but for the most part raising money seems to consume most of the company's time during that stage. Everything seems to happen more sequentially than concurrently.