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> If someone approached me with this idea to help my startup, I would promptly move that email to my junk folder and stay focused on building a great product I
by katzgrau 7y ago
> If someone approached me with this idea to help my startup, I would promptly move that email to my junk folder and stay focused on building a great product
I'd advise you to let them give you a quick pitch by email and see if it sounds reasonable.
As a founder, you have so much to learn. Be wise with your time, but don't shut out potential ideas from someone who says they want to help you. It's not every day (or any day, in my experience) that something like that happens.
- commoner 7y ago> someone who says they want to help you Why should a founder take a claim like that at face value? VCs are not charities, and their "potential ideas" are constructed with their own interests in mind. brenden2 has decided that this type of offer (giving away equity in exchange for services implemented by the VC's affiliates) is categorically unsuitable for his company. It's patronizing to assume that brenden2 is inexperienced for reaching this conclusion.