Raising Capital

• 22/10/2025in Economic Development, Raising Capital

  The Customer of Venture Capital Isn’t the Founder, It’s the Investor

  Until Cities Get That Straight, Startups Will Keep Starving for Capital It’s a weird day when the world’s entrepreneurs sound like customers complaining about a bad product. “We can’t find funding.” “Investors aren’t taking risks.” “There’s no capital in our city.” You’ve heard it a thousand times; it’s the economic equivalent of Yelp reviews from...
• 11/09/2025in Insights / Research, Raising Capital

  “I’ll See It When I Believe It,” Entrepreneurs and Startup Investors Put Conviction Before Cash Flow

  That tired phrase has been responsible for more missed fortunes than bad timing or bad luck. It’s the refrain of cautious uncles, small-town bankers, and risk-averse executives who prefer their innovation the way they prefer their wine: aged, tested, bottled, and priced at a predictable markup. But in the world of entrepreneurship, that order of...
• 01/09/2025in Raising Capital, Startups

  Bootstrap or Raise Capital: How to Decide What’s Right for Your Startup

  If you’re like me, it might have been Labor Day in the U.S., and it was a beautiful one here in Austin, not putting in any work is more or less impossible; besides, entrepreneurs throughout the world were working and so with the focus on work, I couldn’t help but put thought to this frequently...