25. Timing markets - Push the raise or fill the briefcase?
Description
Julia is constantly thrown back to the profit vs. growth discussion in the VC industry and Andreas has been listening in on coaching at SSE Business Lab where coaches give different advice to different startups. How do you know which to focus on? Or can you do both?
They end up speaking about raising a larger round vs. a smaller round in this market, why profitability is only important for VCs when it’s a matter of life and death, and if valuations REALLY matter.
Company of the week: Astrid Wild
Hosted by Julia Delin & Andreas Johansson
Edited by Victor Ganguly
Responsible publisher: Lars Strannegård
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