- Last Updated: [[2020-12-08]] - - Source: [[Raising Money Adds Ris...]] - - # Some negative effects of funding - ## Success gets redefined by the funders - [[Jason Fried]] says it "narrows the definition of success" in [[Raising Money Adds Ris...]] - My experience with [[Tricentis]] and [[Flood (company)]]: The acquisition of Flood by Tricentis changed its original goals and priorities. [[Tim Koopmans]] and [[Ivan Vanderbyl]] originally wanted to build something for the [[opensource]] crowd, but Tricentis wanted to turn Flood into something more commercial and proprietary. - ## Higher expectations - of **profi**t: Investors only invest because they expect you to succeed. Are you ready for the added pressure? - of **time**: There are projections that need to have been made to woo investors, and you can't just go at your own pace anymore. - ## Higher costs - More resources means that there's a greater risk of increasing costs beyond the point of being able to break even. - ## Less control - Depending on the terms of the funding, taking someone's money means giving them more control over what you build. -