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Sarah Chen · VP Engineering · 2h ago
THE BET I MADE
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Started a SaaS company convinced we'd hit $1M ARR in year one. Quit my job, raised a small friends-and-family round, hired two people.
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Ran out of runway at month eight with eleven paying customers and no clear path to growth.
WHAT I'D TELL MYSELF
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · The market was real. The timeline was delusional. I built for the version of the company I wanted, not the one I had.
#BadTiming#FounderLife#Fundraising
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