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Bro Factor – Intimate Relationships Which Provide Your Startup With An Unfair Advantage

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Each party’s first allegiance is to their organization. At one of my companies, a salesperson Bro’d up with a customer to the point that the customer extended his vacation to ride dirt bikes with the salesperson. However, due to demand from his readership, Baum was forced to write him back into the adventure series.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. Such a lawyer will not go out of their way to screw you, but when crafting the investor documents and in future investor-related issues, your lawyer’s allegiance must be to your company. Sometimes You Do Get What You Pay For.