My co-founder and I bootstrapped our startup because we didn't want to compromise our mission for investors, but now we're struggling financially and she wants to take VC funding while I'm worried that will force us to prioritize growth over the social impact that was our whole reason for starting this.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're confronting the tension between idealistic business goals and pragmatic survival needs, complicated by the fact that each founder has different risk tolerance and attachment to the original vision.
“Where Are You with Buddhist economics — right livelihood?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.