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Podcast: Investor Connect Podcast
Episode: Startup Funding Espresso -- Equity Dilution
Description: Equity Dilution Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In the early days of the startup, the founders should raise only the amount of funding necessary to achieve the next milestone. The valuation of the company is low but will rise when adding products, revenue, and team members. Raising too much early on will cause the founders to suffer dilution. Pursue the bigger funding in later rounds when the valuation of the company is higher. It’s important to define very specifically what you are trying to ac...