Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2013

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. entrepreneurs friends and family fools startups investors business' Don’t be one or create one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

In their passion to succeed, too many entrepreneurs treat friends and family investments as “low-hanging” fruit, only to find out later, after a stumble, that the pain of lost relationships is greater than the loss of their beloved startup. Pay the money back, with thanks, as quickly as you can.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

The typical wisdom regarding the appropriate financing course for a new company goes as follows: 1. This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. There are a lot of dark, hard days.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Howard Marks is a serial entrepreneur and Managing Director of LA tech accelerator StartEngine. In startup-land, people seem to think raising money is a signal that their business is sound and they should start scaling as soon as possible. Weaknesses inside the founder team kill startups. The wrong reason to spend.

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