Chapter 20. Looking Good in the Lobby
My son has said to me that if you want to participate actively with businessmen today, keep your hair cut, stand straight and don’t talk about the past. | ||
| --Cyrus Eaton (at age 84) | ||
Definition
Looking Good in the Lobby is an element that comes to us from Steve Halstedt of Centennial Ventures in Denver, one of the lions of the venture capital industry. It addresses your professional and social acceptability. Are you presentable to a group of investors? Can you carry the conversation during the “dog and pony” shows? Can the investor envision inviting you to stay overnight at the house and meeting the family? Would the investor mind being stuck on the same island with you for a couple of years (because in an odd ...
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