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I agree with the core point and it's nice to have YC's vote of confidence on this issue. However:

1) While the value of fundraising is currently overrated, it's important to not go too far in the opposite direction and underrate it.

2) I would have liked to see an objective alternative proposed in this article.

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RE 2): The article proposes "success". Each company and perhaps founder group will have it's own definition of success, but that's what you should aim for. Do you want to be profitable? To change the world? To be a unicorn? Whatever milestones correlate with that goal - that's what you go for.

Fair point, but the author still could have given some examples of common ones.

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