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6 Keys To Managing Funding From People Close To You

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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The Good The Bad And The Ugly Of Funding From Friends

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these great points of practical advice on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Founders Finding Funding From Friends May Be Fools

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their recent book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Don’t Hurt Friends and Family Investors Who Love You

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their new book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are easier than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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How To Take Money From Friends And Still Be Friends

Startup Professionals Musings

Cohen and John Kador, in their classic book “ What Every Angel Investor Wants You to Know ,” includes these best points of practical advice I’ve seen recently on this subject: Manage expectations before the fact. Loans are a safer option than equity. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Startup Fairy Tales and Other Tall Tales That Venture Capitalists Tell

Growthink Blog

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. An entrepreneur starts a company in classic " bootstrap " fashion - with a combination of sweat equity and their own financial resources. There are a lot of dark, hard days. For most companies, it is simply a non-starter.

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Does raising money mean you should start scaling?

The Next Web

Howard Marks is a serial entrepreneur and Managing Director of LA tech accelerator StartEngine. It should never be the financing event that dictates whether to shift or not. With the lower evaluation, all the initial investors and the founders will be crammed down and lose a good portion of their equity.

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