Below are some of the things investors say to early stage companies that are just wrong.“Don’t take the first offer you get.” While true, this is a very misleading statement to make to a crowd of early stage founders. It’s wrong to make early stage founders believe they will get all kinds of offers from investors. The vast majority of early stage founders will receive no offer at all. We need to be honest about the failure rate and how truly difficult it is to be an early stage founder raising capital. Despite the view in Silicon Valley that failing is healthy and even ok, the actual process of failing is stressful and very taxing both mentally and financially; there is no glory in failing.“You need a warm intro to talk to me.” I hate when VC make this arrogant statement. You have better things to do with your time than scour LinkedIn and beg your network to make an intro to a VC they barely know. Rather than spending time networking, put together a very concise paragraph about your business and reach out to VC cold. If your paragraph is concise - it explains the business, highlights 5 wonderful metrics, includes your ask and valuation, and where you can be reached - you will get a response. There aren’t enough good deals out there so if your paragraph is truly compelling, you won’t need a warm intro because VC will be all over you. By the way, my email address is sammy@blossomstreetventures.com. All founders and funds welcome! We invest in companies with run rate revenue of $3mm to $30mm, with year over year growth of 20% to 50%+ depending on revenue. We lead or follow in growth rounds and special situations like inside rounds, small rounds, rushed rounds, corralling investors with our term sheet, bridges, inbetweeners, cap table clean up, and extensions. We can commit in 3 weeks and our check is $1mm to $4mm. Also visit
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