The Very Hungry Entrepreneur

In the light of the moon, two friends came up with a little idea.

On Sunday, they went to a coffeeshop. They founded their company and POP! got their first customer.

They started to look for more customers. On Monday, they found some new clients. But they still wanted to grow.

On Tuesday, they raised a seed round. But they still wanted to grow.

On Wednesday, they raised an A round. But they still wanted to grow.

On Thursday, they raised a B round. But they still wanted to grow.

On Friday, they raised a C round. But they still wanted to grow.

On Saturday they hired 200 people, opened up their first international office, added a couple new product lines, and brought on an executive team. That night, they had an ulcer!

The next day they were at a coffeeshop again. They drank coffee and talked about their original vision. After that, they felt much better.

But now they weren’t interested in raising more venture capital. And they weren’t a little startup anymore. They were a big exciting company.

They filed for an initial public offering. And dealt with the SEC, investors, and bankers for several months.

Then they showed up at Times Square, rang the bell to open the market, and —

They were a beautiful public company!

The End

With apologies to Eric Carle. All photos are from Pexels.