Chapter 5

Borrow, raise or bootstrap: which path is actually free?

Vay, gọi vốn hay tự nuôi: đường nào thật sự miễn phí?

The chapter's question

At this stage, which path suits me?

Big idea

Three funding paths, three kinds of strings attached, and none of them is free.

In this chapter

  1. Part 5.1

    Funding From Revenue

    What does this route force me to do differently?

  2. Part 5.2

    Debt and Repayment

    Repaid out of which cash flow?

  3. Part 5.3

    Raising and What You Trade

    Besides equity, what else am I giving up?

  4. Part 5.4

    When Not to Raise

    What signs say it is still too early?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of How Many Months Left is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of How Many Months Left

  1. 1.Do I really know how many months I have left?
  2. 2.Am I spending to learn, or to look legit?
  3. 3.Is frugality stinginess, or buying more chances?
  4. 4.With my personal money separated, what is this really losing?
  5. 5.Borrow, raise or bootstrap: which path is actually free?