Startup Real Talk

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War stories and tactical advice for startup founders. Click to read Startup Real Talk, by Waseem Daher, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Scalability is overrated

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Startup founders like to think about scalability—and that’s usually a good thing. But overly focusing on scalability overlooks one of the biggest advantages that startups have over larger companies.

You can't have too many angels

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Conventional wisdom is: Don’t raise money from a ton of angel investors because it’ll clutter the cap table and be a pain in the butt. I strongly disagree.