{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60d3a6034fea16001989ee68/6a2b060c622531b8644a06c7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Stop Fundraising and Start Building","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60d3a6034fea16001989ee68/1781204456528-d372308c-04a5-4f67-9978-4505fe4652a4.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of Your Startup Community, Chris Heivly challenges one of the most deeply held beliefs in startup culture: that raising capital is the same as building a company.</p><p><br></p><p>Drawing from his recent Raleigh Durham Startup Week, where over 2,700 founders and community builders gathered, Chris unpacks why the answer founders give about what is blocking their progress reveals a much deeper problem.</p><p><br></p><p>Capital matters. But capital is not a strategy. And when founders and community leaders treat funding as the finish line, they risk skipping the harder, more important work.</p><p><br></p><p>Because the goal is not a community full of funded startups. It is a community full of durable companies.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Techstars"}