vitaminsgalore

Re:Ask HN: My co-founder's lost passion for the company, what do I do? on Friday February 22, 2013 @08:34PM (#5268096)

Yes, we've 5x'ed our revenue since last year. We're growing at roughly 40% month over month.

Re:Ask HN: My co-founder's lost passion for the company, what do I do? on Friday February 22, 2013 @08:29PM (#5268076)

That's definitely a possibility. I might be misjudging the situation.

The feedback we've been receiving is that VCs believe, that even with our growth, we can not beat our competition as they are much more heavily funded and have a lot of mindshare at the moment.

However, even with insane growth, if your CEO does not pitch with conviction, he will not convince a VC to invest. It's as much about passion and conviction than it is just about numbers.

Ask HN: My co-founder's lost passion for the company, what do I do?

Posted by vitaminsgalore on Friday February 22, 2013 @08:15PM
from the ask-hn dept.

My co-founder has been having a tough time raising from VCs and we're very quickly running out of runway. However, traction and usability has never been higher -- we are growing pretty rapidly. Our numbers are fantastic, company is growing up and to the right.Everyone in the company thinks there is potential to be a successful billion dollar company, even with the fierce traction some of our...

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