Comment by leetrout

> If you "don't want to do it alone" it won't be your "own thing".

Correct. My end goal is to exit investors (happily) and make it an employee owned co-op. Would love for the employees to collective bargain from day 1.

> If you came to me with your pitch, I'd be very suspicious of how you came up with your $ and people requirements, and my response would be ...

I put a budget together based on experience at 5 other startups and small businesses. I have been working for 17 years so I have some experience to draw on but I don't want to get on the same happy-go-pukey, growth-for-growths-sake ride. And ofc, working in a funded company is very different than starting something from nothing, hence the question.