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Founders! Are you sure you need to do a priced round?

Feb 16, 2026

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7 min read

Founders! Are you sure you need to do a priced round?

Bootstrapping, SAFE notes, and why I believe founders have better options than the path we were all told to follow.

Dax Hamman
Dax Hamman

Hard Part First

Hard Part First

Hard Part First is a publication for founders who know that tech is a commodity today and distribution is the moat. I’m Dax Hamman. I’ve been a founder three times: at Chango (sold to Rubicon Project for $122M), and now at FOMO.ai, where I’m building AI + human marketing teams for brands like Noom, Minted, and PetMeds.

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