Previously, I shared my definitive checklist for startup success, which included the things a startup needed to accomplish before approaching venture investors, to increase their odds of funding success. Below, I am going to provide the inverse: a definitive list of things a venture investor should offer you, before taking their money.
Read the rest of this post in Forbes, which I guest authored this week.
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