Running your company off savings before raising money is incredibly stressful. Running out of money and having to stop paying yourself is even harder. I’ve been there—and I try to never forget that feeling when working with founders in the same position.

One of the most common mistakes founders make after raising a seed round is to ramp burn too quickly. You should keep burn as low as possible until you have true signs of product-market fit. Then ramp as you scale into the A