Being an early stage startup founder and an active angel investor sends a negative signal to your team. Reinforces a class divide and perception of not being all in (yes it’s rational to diversify but irrational belief is what people follow and what stops them starting their own)
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Depends on what your definition of active is. I’ve made investments in friends and talented founders I’ve met along the way, all while focused on my business. If anything its made me a stronger founder — you learn from others as much as they learn from you.
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Replying to @falonfatemi @garrytan
I was a founder, then active and successful angel investor before going back to being a founder. There's very minimal, if any, learning that makes you a better founder. Even if there were more, any unit of learning will be outweighed by the negative signal it sends to team.
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Replying to @harjtaggar @harjeet and
Curious - would you consider scout programs from VC funds a net negative for the founder participating ?
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Hard to make expected value calculations in startup world. Overall, I believe VC's get more value from the scout programs than founders.
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