Fundraising skill isn't company-building: Airbnb and DoorDash both struggled to raise
vaibhavbetter · x · 2026-09-07
Riffing on a widely shared point: fundraising success doesn't equal company success. The quoted post notes how much attention goes to the "hottest" YC companies, yet Airbnb struggled to raise and DoorDash nearly ran out of cash at seed — being good at exciting investors and building a company are two different skills.
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