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Bootstrap or Raise? The Answer Depends on the Clock You're Operating On

Rollins Orlu
by Rollins Orlu Feb 17, 2026

Business

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ. And not every business should raise. Most advice about fundraising is incomplete because it assumes all startups behave the same way. They don't. If you're buildinโ€ฆ

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Not Every 'No' Is a Verdict on Your Vision

Rollins Orlu
by Rollins Orlu Feb 4, 2026

Strategy

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† "๐—ป๐—ผ" ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ A small founder lesson I was reminded of this week: Not every "no" means your idea isn't good. Sometimes it simply means you're speaking to the wrong person โ€ฆ

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Not All Capital Is Good Capital โ€” Especially Early

Rollins Orlu
by Rollins Orlu Jan 7, 2026

Business

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น โ€” ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†. Recently, I was presented with a fundraising support offer for PerAnkh that, on the surface, looked compelling: โ€ข ~$50k worth of "investment-readineโ€ฆ

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