The New Rules of Startup Fundraising in 2026 — Future Venture Pulse Founder Strategy · Customer Obsession · Product-Market Fit Founders should optimize for customer obsession before investor attention I keep watching the same pattern play out: founders who are pitch ready before they’re product ready, investor meetings substituting for customer conversations, a signed term sheet mistaken for product market fit. The data on what actually drives durable growth points in exactly the opposite direction. Here’s the case for getting the order right. Henry Pham ~7 min read There’s a… Read More
