Misaligned investors can quietly distort decision-making long before metrics break. In some of the work around Growth Motions with Agritech and climate startups, that alignment piece tends to show up as a bigger determinant of long-term outcomes than initial valuation.
I am currently thinking about how to finance the prototype development out our farming robot (HW development very close to research and quite far from customer value). I think we will need investor money in addition to funds. This article names a lot of the reasons why I’m reluctant to do so. Thanks for confirming my thought are real ☺️
Misaligned investors can quietly distort decision-making long before metrics break. In some of the work around Growth Motions with Agritech and climate startups, that alignment piece tends to show up as a bigger determinant of long-term outcomes than initial valuation.
The founders who treat a closed round as the win usually find out quickly it wasn't.
I am currently thinking about how to finance the prototype development out our farming robot (HW development very close to research and quite far from customer value). I think we will need investor money in addition to funds. This article names a lot of the reasons why I’m reluctant to do so. Thanks for confirming my thought are real ☺️