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 Barbend Raised Venture Capital for BuzzFeed
When you started Barbend, we started very small. We were able to raise about $800,000 from non-institutional investors. Once we started gaining traction, the idea was to go raise venture capital. But frankly, we were too small and people didn't see the opportunity that could give an outsized return.
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