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episode 57: Don’t have it all buttoned up
Tim McLoughlin is a partner at Cofounders Capital - an early stage venture capital firm investing in B2B software startups in and around North Carolina. Tim gathered extensive entrepreneurial experience from founding and running startups. He is passionate about helping disciplined and tenacious founders to build dream companies. He has actively contributed to the growth of the NC startup ecosystem, serving on the board of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development and as a member of the NC Idea Grant Selection Committee.
Highlights
[4:42] How is an investor able to empathize with entrepreneurs?
[11:30] First, the ‘origin story’ and the ‘why story’.
[15:01] It’s okay to say, “I don't know the answer to that. Let me go figure it out.”
[21:05] Investors can hardly add value when the founder gives inaccurate information.
Non-profit: Council for Entrepreneurial Development