Investors who reject you are some of your warmest leads for future fundraising
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The behavior of investors is often opaque to founders 1 0 2Treat investors as saying no until they unequivocally say yes, in the form of a definite offer with no contingencies 1 0 2Always know where you stand with an investor by looking at their actions rather than their words 1 0 2Underestimating the amount you hope to raise sends useful signals to investors 1 0 2If you're raising money from many investors, roll them up as they say yes 1 0 2Your goal should be to get the best investors as partners 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 2Fundraising can be demoralizing when investors reject you 1 0 2