The Price of growth: What founders sacrifice when they choose the wrong capital

Over the past decade, I have found myself on both sides of the funding table. As an investment professional, I worked across capital markets, private equity, and structured credit, witnessing over $10 billion in transactions, many of them textbook-successful, and many others that didn’t turn out as expected. These experiences gave me a deep understanding of how capital can either accelerate a vision or quietly unravel it.

However, I didn’t feel the significance of capital decisions until I became a founder. When my co-founder and I started our…