A lot of the trickiest investors, as an ice-weighty say it, that I've seen the YC founders are like, oh, why did I take their money? It'll just be someone who's totally well-meaning, but they treat this like an investment in a subway franchise. They may ask for more control and they may be really stressed out all the time that you're going to lose their money. That's really just like they really, these folks are like, you can't be mad at them. But it is tricky because what we've learned is that industries are just different.
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on common pitfalls in the advice from different types of investors and why you, the founder, are ultimately responsible for the success of your company.
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