Elation to Eye-opener

As a co-founder, fund-raising evokes many emotions. Somewhen you are early and some very different ones when you have done it many times.

At an early stage, you are elated.

• It’s proof that your business is working. And you took the right risk.
• It’s an achievement. You believe you have added to your resume.
• It’s a source of power. You can take up the world and competition more.
• You believe that you have made investors money by marking their investments up.
• Net-net, you want to celebrate.

At a later stage, you realize it’s merely an eye-opener.

• You realize the value of 100s who slog out for the common cause.
• Bigger bucks at a higher value is more responsibility to give better returns.
• You have to give back more to the ecosystem that has supported you in getting there.
• You realize that it’s a long journey and fundraises merely a milestone, albeit an important one.
• Net-net, you want to plan.

As we welcome SoftBank to the family and go back to the drawing board to plan, we as co-founders feel more responsibility, which we proudly accept for our OfBusiness family.

To the able shoulders of @Bhuvan Gupta @Ruchi Kalra @Nitin Jain @Vasant Sridhar. And those of team @OfBusiness, as we get back to slogging for the common cause.

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