Everything is seed (founders are all that count)
The article discusses the evolving landscape of venture capital funding, highlighting a shift from metrics and technology to a focus on founders. As traditional evaluation methods lose their effectiveness, the quality of founders becomes the primary criterion for investment decisions. This change reflects the rapid growth and replication of technology, making it essential for investors to identify exceptional leadership.
- ▪Metrics have lost their value as a reliable standard for evaluating company progress.
- ▪The rapid growth of companies has made it difficult to distinguish between normal and exceptional performance.
- ▪Founders are now the primary focus for investors, as they provide a consistent basis for investment decisions.
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| Original publisher | Hacker News (Newest) |
| Canonical URL | https://postround.substack.com/p/everything-is-seed |
| Publication time | Mon, 18 May 2026 16:27:04 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-18T16:34:56.666Z |
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How to raise moneyEverything is seedFounders are all that countAaron HarrisMay 18, 2026ShareOnce upon a time, not so long ago, there was this idea of seed rounds, As, Bs, Cs, Ds, and IPOs. The concept worked like this: companies started without very much and raised a small amount of money to hit a proof point. They’d hit a proof point, get bigger in the process, and raise a larger amount of money. This would repeat all the way to the IPO when they’d raise a whole lot of money and/or generate liquidity for employees and investors. At each step of this process, investors would evaluate the company based on somewhat objective measurements of progress - metrics.
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