20VC: Why Founder Mode is Dangerous & Could Encourage Bad Behaviour | Why Fundraising is a Waste of Time & OKRs are BS | Why Angel Investing is Bad for Founders to Do and the VC Model is on it's Last Legs with Zach Perret @ Plaid

1487.737 - 1503.065 Zach Perret

We kind of did what felt natural for the company and what felt right for us. My dig is money is a resource. When you need the resource, you should go get the resource. And you should do it, yes, of course, in the most efficient way that you possibly can. But for a certain amount of time, we just didn't need the resource. We weren't spending a ton. Our business was profitable in the early days.