I spent some time yesterday talking to an entrepreneur about this topic and I thought I'd share what I told him with everyone.
When your company is growing really fast, doubling employees year over year, adding users and customers at a very rapid rate, you don't want to raise too much money. If you raise three or four years of cash, there is a very good chance that by your second year, you will be sitting on cash that you raised when your company was worth considerably less. That's not a good thing. It's too dilutive to you and your co-founders and angels.
To read the full, original article click on this link: A VC: How Much Money To Raise
Author:Fred Wilson