THERE ARE MANY CONFIGURATIONS OF BUSINESS THAT WORK

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

The venture-backed rocketship is just one way to build a company, and you absorbed it without noticing. Patagonia stopped chasing growth, let customers set its pace, and added a mission that cost real money, and its near-death cash scares went away. Warren Buffett took the cash off a dying textile mill's books, bought stocks with it, and grew Berkshire into a giant without raising a dollar of venture money. "Raise, grow fast, exit" is a script, not a law, and there are far more ways to win than the one everyone copies. The startup is one configuration. Is it the right one for the life you want?