Less than 1% of U.S. companies are VC funded, but a lot more than 1% of founders think they need to raise. Here is what I learned from a panel of pre-seed and Series A investors at Michigan Tech Week about when VC fits, how to evaluate it, and how AI is changing the math on whether you need to raise at all.

It has been a busy two months since my last update, and the 'pie chart' era of my journey is officially over. Surprisingly, running just one business (Radio Chatter) is much harder to track because I’m wearing so many hats and bouncing between tasks. From using AI to manage 'context switching' to dealing with the inevitable trolls that appear once your marketing starts reaching the masses, I’m learning that building a product isn't for everyone. It turns out that when you build something for someone, you aren't building it for everyone (and I’m having a little too much fun responding to the critics).