Came up with a rather uncomfortable analogy between getting help for mental health issues and startup investing:
Friends and family round: close people try to condition you out of your troubling behaviors without you noticing.
Conversation
Pre-seed round: a friend/family member talks to you openly about it.
Seed round/incubator: an intervention or a relationship crisis ending on "you need professional help"
Series A: You get therapy
Series B: rehab
Series C-D: Institutionalization
Exit: ditch your old life
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Series A probably also includes prescription drugs. Pre-seed also includes self-medication.
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