Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2020

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. For entrepreneurs, friends and family money usually represents the smallest increment of funding, yet requires the most time to manage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 9, 2018

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. For entrepreneurs, friends and family money usually represents the smallest increment of funding, yet requires the most time to manage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2014

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. Everyone wants to keep up and even have a say in your activities, and that can be a lot of conversations to manage.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Lean Startups aren’t Cheap Startups « Steve Blank (tags: startup product-management strategy) [.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2013

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. For entrepreneurs, friends and family money usually represents the smallest increment of funding, yet claims the most time to manage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

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. Everyone wants to keep up and even have a say in your activities, and that can be a lot of conversations to manage.

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