VC Uncovered · Tarun Gupta, Jump Capital
Most Startups Shouldn't Take VC Money
“One of the biggest mistakes in venture is most companies probably shouldn't take in venture dollars.”
Transcript
I think one of the biggest mistakes in venture is most companies probably shouldn't take in venture dollars, just because of what it means to take in venture dollars, because of what VCs are shooting for in terms of outcomes, right? We are shooting for highly, highly irrational outcomes.
And you have to, in a lot of ways, almost be a highly irrational individual to say, I'm gonna take in this type of money and build this type of size of business. Because, hey, if you build a 200 million enterprise value business and go sell it and you haven't raised a ton of money,
you will have made a lot of money for yourself,