> In my experience, it's always difficult to see investors as peers sharing the struggle with you, but who more than them can do it?
For any given startup, wouldn't the founders have much more at stake than does the VC? I'd expect the VC to have many concurrent investments, whereas the founders' whole life is wrapped up in that company.
I would think that owners of other businesses of similar size would be much more sympathetic.
You're very right. What I was referring to was actually relative to the external world. IMHO it's easy to fall in the trap of seeing investors as "antagonists" you gotta win over, ready to spot any weakness even AFTER investing in you, but in truth, they're actually really rooting for you.
With the major exception of vested employees, there's no one else that will root for you as much as they do
For any given startup, wouldn't the founders have much more at stake than does the VC? I'd expect the VC to have many concurrent investments, whereas the founders' whole life is wrapped up in that company.
I would think that owners of other businesses of similar size would be much more sympathetic.