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Ask HN: What makes a good equity-based startup advisor?

Posted by simonw on Thursday June 13, 2024 @09:22PM
from the ask-hn dept.
If you are a founder who has had a really useful advisor who you gave a small amount of equity to, what did they do that made them so good?

If you are an advisor who has inhabited this role, what do you think advisors should do to be as useful and effective as possible?

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Re:Ask HN: What makes a good equity-based startup advisor? by dbglog on Friday June 14, 2024 @04:15AM (#40678750)
the main thing is to be clear what the main goal of the relationship is. different kinds of founders often want different kinds of things, though they are often unwilling to say it directly or are unable to articulate it:

- all founders -> potential investors - b2b founders -> warm intros to potential buyers who trust the advisor - non-tech founders -> understanding and mental model of tech team dynamics - first-time CEOs -> "how to CEO"

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