I was a developer, until i found a tech startup 10 years ago.

I stayed in dormitories in singapore as I went through a 3 months accelerator program (yes, there were bed bugs and loud snoring).

Here i conditioned and trained to pitch to investors, and hustle to first 100 paying customers.

Everyday was intense, i was only single founder.

Demo Day pitched to international investors and raised my first round of funding.

Two things:

1. The valley definition of pitching and hustling, is defined as shilling in the pleb community.

The strict adherence is to value for the community, not shareholders. I am re-wiring myself.

2. I raised another 2 seed rounds over the next 5 years with angels. And then stopped completely.

To continue to a Series A would require the expectation of growth at all costs, which is not in-line with my values at the time and now, still.

I am reading more about proof of work, bitcoin valuation as capital and we as stakeholders in that instead. The journey continues..