Avoid casual conversations with potential acquirers unless you want to sell your company right now

Negation: Do not avoid casual conversations with potential acquirers even if you do not want to sell your company right now 0 0 0

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If it is true that...

Good investors don't lead startups on; their reputations are too valuable 1 0 2

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Associates at VC firms regularly cold email startups, but an associate is not a VC and they have no decision-making power 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Avoid casual conversations with potential acquirers unless you want to sell your company right now 1 0 2

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Argument #3e5ff5a0 1 0 2

If it is true that...

Avoid casual conversations with potential acquirers unless you want to sell your company right now 1 0 2

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Some founders deliberately schedule a handful of lame investors first, to get the bugs out of their pitch 1 0 2

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An investor who's seriously interested will already be working to help you even before they've committed 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Investors are more alarmed by evasiveness than full disclosure 1 0 2

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Avoid conferences unless they are the best way to get customers 1 0 2 The value of a company is not determined rationally but is essentially a bet on its future success 1 0 2 Face to face contact makes deals happen and it hasn't yet been duplicated by technology 1 0 2 The behavior of investors is often opaque to founders 1 0 2 Before talking to investors, startups need to be introduced to them 1 0 2 Treat investors as saying no until they unequivocally say yes, in the form of a definite offer with no contingencies 1 0 2 Good investors don't lead startups on; their reputations are too valuable 1 0 2 Founders have a moral obligation to respond promptly to clean offers from investors 1 0 2 Founders should be cautious even when potential series A investors have great reputations and work fast to provide termsheets 1 0 2 Having one founder take fundraising meetings avoids real-time negotiations 1 0 2