When to give up

The answer is not “never”. That’s the newbie die-hard answer.

One answer is when you haven’t even begun to fight yet (eg not raised the first round) AND you are still hearing what you were hearing a year ago.

That means you aren’t making progress.

Unfundable is sometimes the provenance behind awesome startups. But it usually is not. And if you have labored away for a year, well.

So my advice is: restart or go get the resume somewhere to become fundable.

Don’t give up. Go forward.