1) If investor invest in a company with sound potental, let it incubate and have a chance to grow and flourish, there may be more companies surviving and prospering instead of becoming a casualty to the filling full of rocket fuel and blasting into space etc…

2) Investors should consider investing in the business as a “team” (investors, founders, board, employees etc.) as oppose to adopting the “I’m only interested in what’s in it for me”mentality. With that being said, businesses succumb to missing growth opportunity BECAUSE it’s focus on growing, learning, tweaking to market changes is misdirected due to becoming more focused on keeping the investors happy NOW instead of reaping future benefits.

The hypersensity of “pleasing” investors who have short term expectations (which may have been used to sell them), makes it difficult for start-ups to make calculated decisions that are in the best interest of the company long term.

3) This is the problem as I see it… Some of us have to whore ourseleves out with the “pie in the ski projections”
initially to capture investor attention which create problem #1… meeting those unrealistic expectations or the “blasting off” probability. When started my company, I didn’t do this and as a result was only able to attract F&F investors with limited resources. Additionally, the monthly challenge of raising operating capital sucks the energy out of me and cost many hours of productivity.

In summary: As I’ve learned… it is important to pick investors that are nurturers and mentors and have the ability to continue to assist in funding and growing your operation if the expected unexpected occurs.

Oh, and pick mentors investors instead of silent investors. Mentor investors with a ‘dog in the fight’ can be counted on for business introductions… which can be HUGE for start-ups.

Here’s what he said about becoming a VC:

“The opportunities to make a difference were happening so fast and furiously, that I was loath to be committed and stuck in any single one of them. I wanted to be able to work across a portfolio of ideas.”

respectfully,
Aronado

Please clarify these two quotes from Randy, they seem to be in opposition:

“If I invest, I am prone to think like an investor, favoring my return over what’s best for the team and often its long-term business.”

“In a privately held startup I don’t favor the investors over the founders. This is probably the crucial way my thinking differs from a VC’s.”

How can he tend to think like and investor but, not favor the investors while favoring his return over what’s best for the team.

Hopefully, I am missing something here.

Thank you!
Aronado