[manquer]

Well , keep in mind that making money with real revenue , making money of an strategic sale and Improving / solving a real problem are all not always aligned. It is fairly common to achieve one or two of the three and still fail or succeed.

VC funds needs to make money, that only comes of an exit , if you can have real revenue before getting an exit it is great , if you are solving a real problem even better, but those two are not going to help VC meet their goals directly .

You as founder are spending 5-10 years on one thing , for the VC your startup is one among the dozen he is getting on, their tolerance of your failure is far higher than your own tolerance for your failure