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Predatory behavior unless perhaps it's in addition to their own investment. See http://www.feld.com/archives/2011/06/warning-to-all-entrepreneurs-about-bad-inve

• chanachor 12y ago
  Thanks gregcohn, I read this article last night and now am convinced that this isn't good practice. I was surprised that the company that went ahead with these guys actually did because they had been around for sometime.
  • gregcohn 12y ago
    Independently of being a bad idea from the entrepreneur's point of view, it is a very negative signal to a potential investor if you can raise your own early-stage round (per loumf's comment). Fundraising is harder than it looks on techcrunch, though, and it's understandable that anxious and/or desperate founders would get to a point where they'd try anything that sounds good. A better approach would be generating traction ;-).
    • chanachor 12y ago
      Yep, I decided to be customer-funded (traction) instead of vc funded. I had met this guy a while back and thought if I could get some funding in it could take me to the next level faster... but, re-focusing on the customer again seems to be the better alternative :)