The average round for a pre-prototype is $300k;
Up to 90% of startups still fail;
I know. I've been helping companies launch 0->1 for the past 12 years, as seen in:
Raising extra $ without strong traction is nearly impossible.
Validating by building is a costly cycle:
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This was when I realized:
→ You don't need a product to get your first sales.
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Yet, most founders tend to think otherwise.

The result?
42% of startups (in reality, even more) fail because they waste over a year and >$100k building a prototype no one wants.

All to eventually start over... or quit.
9 of the 10 startups I worked with pivoted in the first two months without writing a line of code. They could have wasted lots of $, but I saved it.
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