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Is this assuming that you have two paths that will definitely lead to PMF? (ie, one with capital before, one without capital before)

Cause my answer is "whatever way leads most surely to PMF, do that"

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It assumes you have no idea (since that’s typically the case, even if you think capital is necessary) and want to prioritize keeping more of your business.

What does “toxic to the cause” mean to you?

Presumably no one would take capital from investors you know are toxic so is the default here “can’t raise capital from funds I want.”? 

It sounds like overall you will always prefer more capital v maintaining more ownership?

Oh, I'd want to change my survey answer from "Yes" to "Maybe".

Whatever scenario I believe lets us maximize chance to achieve PMF (ie, would rather have no investors than investors who are toxic to cause. But if investors are net neutral or better to cause, then id like to have bc they lengthen your time horizon.)