This is a broken analysis. For one, conversion rates have diminishing returns -- it's not like "advertising dollars" scale infinitely. This is <i>extremely</i> domain-sensitive. Further, there's no churn calculation built in, etc., etc.<p>> Speed analysis: Taking money would allow you to go faster, no question.<p>Not necessarily. B2B sales cycles are notoriously long.<p>> Speed verdict: We may have a strong defense from weekend upstarts, but we should move into the market with Array before an incumbent includes this as a killer feature in their in-market platform<p>That's why you build "products" and not "features." If this is indeed a problem, it's NOT one that (quick) cash will fix.<p>> But before you engage, you wonder — what will it really cost you, and what will it take to break free? Are you better off bootstrapping?<p>If you really are in a situation that the article introduces (which is an idealized position that 99.9999% of us will never be in), then it's basically a given that you should bootstrap.