More money raised ≠ higher chances of success.

More money raised isn’t equal to higher chances of success.

I’ve launched two studios and learned this first-hand.

I once believed:
more investment → more resources → more chances → instant win.

Sounds logical, right?
Wrong.

Funding and success don’t walk hand-in-hand.
Sometimes they sprint in opposite directions.

Why?

• You hire pricey specialists.
• Investors expect quick, outsized returns.
• A big round invites big spending, cash isn’t raised to sit still.
• The small startup turns into a flaming train laying track at speed.

Steering becomes nearly impossible.
Mistakes get zero buffer.

Massive funding turns your venture into a moonshot:
-> hit the bullseye and strike gold
-> miss and lose it all.

A lean studio plays a different game:

• Ship one small, profitable title.
• Reinvest.
• Ship the next, slightly bigger.
• Repeat.

Step by step, you still reach a breakout hit, just not overnight.

Think of the hare and the tortoise.
The cash-flooded studio is the hare.
The bootstrapped indie is the tortoise.

We know who wins the race.