Germany Tries to Catch Up with Startup World

Re:Germany Tries to Catch Up with Startup World by josefx on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @05:01AM (#13984473)

> If you con your investors then there's no chance of starting over.

A new sucker is born every minute.

> as a founder you're expected to take <50% of your market wage in most cases and you'll be working longer hours

relying on the assumption that the founder is actually doing work he is getting paid for, or that he didn't hire several friends that receive most of the money.

> Chip on your shoulder?

Lets say I have a good reason to no longer trust any sheme that the founder can just kill with little consequence to himself.

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Re:Germany Tries to Catch Up with Startup World by louisswiss on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @08:34AM (#13985411)

All true and all reasons why venture capital/startup investing in general requires experience, insight, time and 'losable' capital to do properly...

These are the basic risks you need to control for before investing.

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