[Effects of shortfunding]

"Commercially, hand a plan of your take from them, and humanely share the spoils out of frame, and none on a grumbling stomach will complain" [1]. "If you want to swipe people off, brandish to them the poison bottle they're accustomed to, but administer a new blend of poison through it, it will go down with worries but sans doubt" [2]. It is a sad and open fact that people will fight against that which they fear to take them away from what they know, and but compromise if there's an element of gain even if it's at their peril.

This can be likened to biznes capital seekers. Most of the time the funder feels they know what's best for you and your entity than you think you do, and administer their poison into your bottle, fully aware you won't fight it yet moan in corners after the change effected. The aim here is their gain. How it happens almost all the time is by having the deep pocketed ones forcefully slashing the amount you request for funding by half or even worse to below half, and avail to you that meager figure with expectations that you will be creatively profitable thereafter. But, fact of the matter is, what they need to know is that shortfunding isn't a viable strategy and where it worked, been purely by sheer luck.

It is warranted as we all know, for a funder to double check the figures and adjust where consensually necessary, but not outrightly nullify the set figure. Truth is, it might be seeming doable with your botching on paper but in practice it won't fly too far if it ever gets lucky to fly. If it's 100 000,00 capital needed for a startup, avail it with your set conditions or simply reject the request if it's too out of your criterion or affordability, to avoid failing the capital purpose.

We know it's not always the case of slash by liking, at times it's because of the willing funder's inability to cover the whole amount, and if that be, could always look at other ways creatively to make it work like collaboration with another funder or other funders, or start by financing in blocks, or scaling down the plan, among other ways. There're plenty of ways to financing a startup, and but if having full means, should do so sans cutting here and there as that not helping the biznes operator at all. Some of the reasons for those shoddy goods or results is due to such circumstances. So, go in for viability or don't if impossible.

In conclusion: it's common knowledge that we at times are desperate for funding and ready to compromise for our dreams, but in so saying not granting you any license to exploit us. You find that someone dangles a half carrot for a full moon ownership, and that ain't right. If you offer half what I ask for, be prepared for half the percentage as well sans challenges from you. I often hear of people praising selves for their good negotiation skills, but in essence you dig graves for the very entities that you're skillfully robbing with pride. They say, many companies fail in their first 5 years of starting up, and one of the main contributory factors that leads them to their demise being this silent rot called underfunding; their failure to secure full funding or financing, and operators be left with partnering with wrong people for the wrong reasons at times or settling for less.

It ain't smart giving one 40.00 for 70.00 or 80.00 they requested from you, and be expecting that you'd be walking away with the value being put on the full valuation for almost or exact half of that, and be proud of it as an achievement. Learn to be fair and you'll grow. Danger is, give me half the funds for full value and I'll give half my potential and work hard towards saving for a new start elsewhere sans you, with my mind on your buy out as my spring board for a new start. It's what many a times happen and people not familiar with the situation be on it with wrong turn opinions in mislead of truth seekers. Yes, we do come for assistance from you, but it shouldn't be that I am worthless or useless and hopeless sans you. It's only money, something that the next might offer, but the idea is mine and not replicable with success all the time by just about anyone, respect us so we respect you appreciatively as it befits...dp

[1&2] by KgeleLeso

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