How Benjamin Franklin Got His First Fifty Customers

Re:How Benjamin Franklin Got His First Fifty Customers by mattmaroon on Friday December 28, 2012 @11:27AM (#4978218)

I'm not sure this would help you with raising VC or angel money, in fact it would probably hurt you. All VCs are looking to invest in the next Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, etc. They believe, probably more than they should, in the cult of personality school of investing. If anything you'd probably want to act toward them as if you did it all yourself.

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Re:How Benjamin Franklin Got His First Fifty Customers by davemel37 on Friday December 28, 2012 @11:57AM (#4978356)

Interestingly enough Ben Franklin actually agrees with you earlier in the book. "Most People Dislike Vanity in Others, Whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others that are within his sphere of action."

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Re:How Benjamin Franklin Got His First Fifty Customers by ky3 on Saturday December 29, 2012 @02:28AM (#4981434)

Be strict with what you put out, be lenient with what you meet.

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