devan on Nostr: I was a developer, until i found a tech startup 10 years ago. I stayed in dormitories ...
I was a developer, until i found a tech startup 10 years ago.
I stayed in dormitories in singapore as I went through a 3 months accelerator program (yes, there were bed bugs and loud snoring).
Here i conditioned and trained to pitch to investors, and hustle to first 100 paying customers.
Everyday was intense, i was only single founder.
Demo Day pitched to international investors and raised my first round of funding.
Two things:
1. The valley definition of pitching and hustling, is defined as shilling in the pleb community.
The strict adherence is to value for the community, not shareholders. I am re-wiring myself.
2. I raised another 2 seed rounds over the next 5 years with angels. And then stopped completely.
To continue to a Series A would require the expectation of growth at all costs, which is not in-line with my values at the time and now, still.
I am reading more about proof of work, bitcoin valuation as capital and we as stakeholders in that instead. The journey continues..
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2023-02-23 11:47:51Event JSON
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