Fundraising is hard because it's intrinsically difficult to convince people to part with large sums of money
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Fundraising is hard because it's intrinsically difficult to convince people to part with large sums of money 1 0 2and
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Fundraising is distracting and can halt other operations in a startup 1 0 2Mentions
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