Don't over-optimize for the investor. If your startup lands in trouble, no investor is going to dig you out of it.
What should you over-optimize for? Flexibility.
Over-optimize for the ability for your business to become a cashflow positive lifestyle business that is not a 100M+ exit. That's actually what many many startups become.
YC won't tell you that because they over-optimize for world-changing binary results.
What should you over-optimize for? Flexibility. Over-optimize for the ability for your business to become a cashflow positive lifestyle business that is not a 100M+ exit. That's actually what many many startups become.
YC won't tell you that because they over-optimize for world-changing binary results.