Lambs are continually meeting with investors, chronically chronicling their flowery musings (“we’re really impressed with your progress!” and “let’s keep the dialogue open!”) in their investor updates. Lions put off meeting with investors until they have their key metrics, business model and growth channels dialed in to the point at which investors say the only thing that matters: “we just sent you a term sheet to review.”
Lions & Lambs in the “Post Unicorn” Era
jason
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I guess there’s nothing wrong with building relationships with investors early, but you just need to be realistic about the prospect of actually getting funded early. More important that discussions with VCs though is winning business and generating value in what you are doing.