Questions founders and investors ask
Practical answers from Speedstrap, with sources and worked examples.
These pages are original summaries of arguments developed in Speedstrap, not extracts from the book.
- How should a hardware startup build its capital stack before Series A?
- What does revenue-based financing actually require?
- How much does a founder keep under a speedstrap path versus a VC path?
- How do you fund inventory without equity?
- How do prepayments and paid pilots work for hardware?
- Can you switch to speedstrapping after raising a seed?
- Should agents be your first hires?
- How should an investor evaluate a capital-efficient company?
- How much runway does a hardware startup actually have?
- How should hardware founders use supplier payment terms?