Introducing an investor to your cofounders should only occur when things reach a certain stage of seriousness
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If you have multiple founders, pick one to handle fundraising so the other(s) can keep working on the company 1 0 2and
The founder who handles fundraising should be the CEO 1 0 2and
The CEO should be the most formidable of the founders 1 0 2Then it must be true that...
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The behavior of investors is often opaque to founders 1 0 2Before talking to investors, startups need to be introduced to them 1 0 2If you have multiple founders, pick one to handle fundraising so the other(s) can keep working on the company 1 0 2Good investors don't lead startups on; their reputations are too valuable 1 0 2Some founders deliberately schedule a handful of lame investors first, to get the bugs out of their pitch 1 0 2An investor who's seriously interested will already be working to help you even before they've committed 1 0 2Founders should inform investors about smaller investments as they raise them 1 0 2Investors may pressure founders to stop raising money until they commit to them 1 0 2Founders should be cautious even when potential series A investors have great reputations and work fast to provide termsheets 1 0 2Having one founder take fundraising meetings avoids real-time negotiations 1 0 2