When you take funding you lose control. Period. I am a technical consultant for VCs and my entire job is to evaluate whether a company and product will be a good investment and allow the investors to become more profitable. This always means losing control to said investors. I am sure there are a few minor examples of this not being the case. But my VC's have portfolios with 700 companies in them between them, they control all of them.
So my answer is simple, don't get to the point where you need outside funding. Work now to get profitable. If you can't, pivot and get profitable. If you still can't, then give up control because they can and should make you successful and profitable. The reason VCs often take control is so they can fix your lacking business knowledge and expertise.
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When you take funding you lose control. Period. I am a technical consultant for VCs and my entire job is to evaluate whether a company and product will be a good investment and allow the investors to become more profitable. This always means losing control to said investors. I am sure there are a few minor examples of this not being the case. But my VC's have portfolios with 700 companies in them between them, they control all of them.
So my answer is simple, don't get to the point where you need outside funding. Work now to get profitable. If you can't, pivot and get profitable. If you still can't, then give up control because they can and should make you successful and profitable. The reason VCs often take control is so they can fix your lacking business knowledge and expertise.