9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting My First Startup- Neil Patel
Lesson #1: Investors love to make excuses on why they don’t want to invest
When we first started pitching Crazy Egg, no investor would write us a check. It wasn’t their fault as my co-founder and I sucked at pitching. They all had different reasons why they didn’t want to invest. After getting over 20 “No’s” from investors, I realized something was off. Each one would sugarcoat the “No” and tell it to you in a way that would make them come off nice. (more…)