Charles HudsonFounder and Managing Partner, Precursor Ventures

The Importance of Staying Lean #siliconvalley #tech #fundraising #venturecapital

6 Mar 2025 · 0 min

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A short YouTube clip of Charles Hudson offering venture-capital advice: founders should stay as lean as possible before achieving product–market fit, conserving capital to learn quickly, and only raise substantial funds after validating the opportunity.

And as long as I've been a venture capitalist, there's always been a cadre of founders who are like, I want nothing to do with venture capitalists, and I want to do this on my own. And again, the truth is, you can start a lot of things on your own, but it's hard to scale them. And so I'm a big believer that you should spend as little money as you can pre product, market fit, and stay as lean and small as you can. Because in my mind, that's the best way to find the answer. And then once you find the answer, you should raise as much money as you need to lean into the opportunity.