This clip captures Jason M. Lemkin recounting a common pattern among successful founders: many nearly ran out of money in early stages but persisted and later succeeded. He offers anecdotal examples (investor updates, stage-ready ‘we were three weeks away’ stories) and closes with well-wishes for the audience, referencing 2023 optimism.
Like if I bet if you went back in 20 VC and you interview and you. And you looked. In the early days, almost every top founder I knew almost ran out of money. But they didn't. They almost, they almost all had that great story, right? You get them on stage. Outside of the last two years, you get on stage, you know, we were three weeks away. We only, we had to meet 7,000 investors and we only got one and those stories kind of evaporated. But they're all going to come back. My personal favorite, I got an investor update the other day. It said the good amazing team off site. I was like, when? That is number one. Oh, yeah, that's still not good. It's still not okay. Jason, I, I love this. This has been fantastic as always. I think it's so helpful for fans understanding games of the year. So thank you so much, my friend. It's wonderful. Okay, thanks, Harry. Best. Best of luck to you and everyone in the audience in 2023. Let's. It's going to end. This year is going to end better than it started, right? So take advantage of it. Take.
