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		moomoo11 on July 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Your startup idea probably isn’t venture-scale Does it need to be? Not everyone wants to sell their soul lol.

paulddraper on July 4, 2023 [–]

If you're raising venture capital, then yes.

If you're not, then of course not.

moomoo11 on July 4, 2023 | [–]

Yeah ofc that’s what I meant.

A venture backed business is really hard to execute properly with tons of expectations. Lots of people have really basic ideas that they should just self fund or start small.

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