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“I just want to be able to breathe,” I said to Irwin and Winston, two VCs I was meeting with as I began raising our Series B funding. The second I uttered those words, I wanted them back. I thought my words exposed my inner feelings, but Irwin and Winston just moved on with the conversation.
However, the reality was I really did just want to breathe. We’d raised our Series A over two years earlier, and, at that point in time, I’d been running the company for over four years.
I kept asking myself, “Would it ever get any easier?”
Every stage of your startup journey is going to have its share of challenges.
I stayed focused during the rest of the meeting, and Irwin and Winston seemed impressed. They’d been following my progress since I pitched them during our Series A (they passed :-)).
Winston said to me, “You’ve done everything you said you’d do.”
I smiled and said, “Thank you.”
“We’re definitely interested in moving forward,” he said. He stood up, and I shook his hand and Irwin’s hand.
As I walked back to my car, I thought about everything I had been through to get to this point. The list was really long, but I’ll…
