394. Scaling to Exit Without Venture Capital, Why VCs Might be Incentivizing the Wrong Type of Company Building, and How GenAI Will Shape the Future of Media Businesses
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified
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How Barben Overcame the Obstacle to Raise Venture Capital
I think it would have influenced your decision to sort of the company at all, knowing that you wouldn't be able to raise venture capital. I was hearing about these crazy amounts of money that people were raising for their media ideas. Like Barben wasn't making money when we started it, right? It's an organic content company. It takes years to actually get to profitability. At least it took us years. They really lifted me up and supported me. Once we were able to actually raise money and bring on a staff, a small staff to start the tenor changes.
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