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Do you have a particular investment thesis/focus? I think many early-stage startups are hesitant to take investment vs. bootstrapping unless that investment als
by chrisdalke 4y ago
Do you have a particular investment thesis/focus? I think many early-stage startups are hesitant to take investment vs. bootstrapping unless that investment also comes with some significant domain experience, scaling advice, connections, etc. and is from an investor who's well-aligned with their vision.
For HN specifically: maybe helpful to write up a high-level summary: Who are you, what's your focus, what kind of startups are you interested in helping? In this forum the anonymity-factor is higher (vs. twitter or other venues) so that information is probably more important here.
- cheerioty 4y agoI've updated my profile to give a bit more background on myself. For some reason, I assumed interested people would just quickly do a quick background check themselves instead of me selling myself to them. In retrospect, I see how this might have been a bad assumption.
- solarmist 4y agoI skimmed your bio, and "yes" it makes all the difference. You now come across as someone that it's at least worth talking to.
- throwaway2037 4y agoAgree. Double thumbs up for this profile. Many times I read someone's profile and it is almost nothing. If you are looking for support/funding, please spend some time to create a good profile!
- cheerioty 4y agoMy general investment focus is quite simple: I either invest in stuff I'm already a happy customer of (mostly stocks), things I wish would exist but doesn't, and/or stuff that's just stupidly ambitious but could change the world as a whole (for the better) if successful.