Dear young founder don’t do this (thread)
Request lunch meetup to talk your startup. I agree & sit down w/ you. Bill comes, you suggest splitting w/ me. It’s the most disrespectful thing you can do. Shows you absolutely have no respect for me, my time or what you hoped to gain.
Request lunch meetup to talk your startup. I agree & sit down w/ you. Bill comes, you suggest splitting w/ me. It’s the most disrespectful thing you can do. Shows you absolutely have no respect for me, my time or what you hoped to gain.
A founder w/ pop startup did this w/ me few months ago, I got offended & indicated I’d pick up entire tab. Yet, he didn’t have enough sense to know that was me putting a fire to our 3yr relationship permanently! I paid but, dude, as far as am concerned, we’re dead to each other.
Why am I writing this? Agreed to same day before yesterday to a female founder, who had done her best in DMs to show she wasn’t tryna shoot shots. I had the lunch + Heineken. Waiter was uncomfortable passing her the bill. She grabbed it and paid!
She later sent me DM to thank me for my time. This morning followed up on a request and I just did a double opt in intro on her behalf. Women are smarter than men at the game of venture building when they are in the founder/CEO role.
Listen! This thread is not about lunching etiquettes or protocols. It’s about how your behavior communicates the value you put on people’s time, energy and attention. No one is obligated to say yes to your requests. When they do, at least, don’t take it for granted!
