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Ask an Angel! Startup funding overview, investor red flags, negotiating early-stage terms | E1694

This Week in Startups

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How Can I Be Helpful in Your Real House?

You got to win the question game with your investors. When they ask you a question, you got to ask them for help. Be like, what's the thing that I can use this person for to actually move the business forward and put the onus back on them? And then they can, their costs can be basically balanced by the value they had. The posers will just run away very rapidly when you do that. How can I be helpful is a meme for a reason? Yeah. Some founders do need help; some founders do not. If I am not being helpful and you don't want me as an investor, I am more than willing to sell my shares in a company

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