Yesterday someone handed me a few thousand bucks.

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by dottertrotter • 19 years ago

6 8 19 years ago

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Yesterday someone handed me a few thousand bucks. It was a potential investor I had spoken too a couple of months ago, and yesterday out of no where they cut me a check. It was the weirdest feeling. I felt validated, optimistic, fearful, all at once. I loved it. For those of you who have received any type of funding for the first time from an outside source, did you feel the same?

wastedbrains• 19 years ago

What position, equity, loan, or other did you give the investor in return. Are you going through all the legal red tap to make sure everything is by the book and how complicated has that process been to start taking is money. One thing that has kept us from accepting small investments is the legal tape surrounding additional bookkeeping.

staunch• 19 years ago

I recall hearing about some company that accepted tons of small investments, which made getting signatures at acquisition time a real pain. Can't remember what company though.

zcoelius• 19 years ago

Congrats, that is a big step. I can remember the first time we received investment with nothing but fondness. It like the first time you have sex, you'll never forget it...

omouse• 19 years ago

It's like the first time you have good sex, you'll never forget it...

There, fixed that for you ;)

Yesterday someone handed me a few thousand bucks.

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