I have an offer from an angel, but just landed a 5 minute meeting with a big time VC. Do I try use the offer from the angel to my advantage, if so, how?
13th October 2013
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An offer is worth a lot more than a five minute meeting—and VCs are much more likely to take you seriously if you’ve already convinced someone else to invest.
Have you read Paul Graham’s recent (Sept 2013) guide to fundraising? If not, go and read it and do what he says to do :) http://paulgraham.com/fr.html
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