We did TechStars and this was not our experience at all. In fact, we explicitly decided to not raise and continue bootstrapping. They never pushed us to raise or to "lie."
Their advice on raising was we should pick one or the other and move on. The worst thing would be to have an internal turmoil about raising or not raising.
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I'm curious what accelerator they were a part of?
We did TechStars and this was not our experience at all. In fact, we explicitly decided to not raise and continue bootstrapping. They never pushed us to raise or to "lie."
Their advice on raising was we should pick one or the other and move on. The worst thing would be to have an internal turmoil about raising or not raising.