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All quotes tagged Raising Capital

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "I have lots of great ideas, but I have trouble figuring out which one to try. Let me tell you about a couple." Investor thinks: "I want to know which idea you're going to kill yourself trying to make successful, not which ideas have crossed your idle mind."”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "I don't know much about your firm, but I thought I'd contact you anyway." Investor thinks: "You're a lazy idiot--why are you wasting my time?"”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "The last time I contacted you, I..." Investor thinks: "I'm going to fire my secretary for putting this clown on my calendar again."”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“Here's what you should say [to investor]: "This is what my company does..." It's that simple. What you're trying to do is get potential investors to fantasize about how your product or service will make a boatload of money. They can't fantasize if they don't know what you do.”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur." Investor thinks: "I've always wanted to be a professional golfer. So what if you always wanted to be an entrepreneur?"”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "If you sign an NDA, I'll tell you my idea." Investor thinks: "You are clueless. How can you not know that venture capitalists don't sign NDAs?"”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "I love to think of new ways to solve problems." Investor thinks: "Is this a high-school science fair?"”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "My goal is to build a world-class company." Investor thinks: "How about you ship and sell the first copy before we talk about world-class anything?"”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "I'm a blue sky thinker." Investor thinks: "You have no business model, and you don't know how to ship."”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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Guy Kawasaki

“You say: "I'm bright and ambitious." Investor thinks: "That's a relief because I usually invest in stupid and lazy people."”

Contributed by: Maya Elhalal

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