Did Raising Funds Help or Hurt Your Startup Focus?

Funding gives breathing room, faster hires, more momentum.

Funding adds pressure, shifts focus from product to pitching, and sometimes pushes founders off-course.

For those who’ve raised (or decided not to):

Did it actually accelerate your growth?

Or do you wish you’d bootstrapped longer?

Curious to hear real stories - what worked, what backfired.