People buy from startups knowing that you're a startup, usually. There are always ethical issues when it comes to selling, but I don't think that "ability to execute" is the biggest one, as long as you actually believe it could happen, and try.
"someone doing it with their own money and doing it with someone else's money mean two different things"
I think it's legitimate to point out that there is not a lot of personal money risk for the founders. They probably went without much income for a while, and work a lot. But if the startup fails, and they pick up a job afterward, they probably won't be in the negative.
I agree that "making big decisions" should not be equated with "taking a big risk". They are related but not the same.
People buy from startups knowing that you're a startup, usually. There are always ethical issues when it comes to selling, but I don't think that "ability to execute" is the biggest one, as long as you actually believe it could happen, and try.
"someone doing it with their own money and doing it with someone else's money mean two different things"
I think it's legitimate to point out that there is not a lot of personal money risk for the founders. They probably went without much income for a while, and work a lot. But if the startup fails, and they pick up a job afterward, they probably won't be in the negative.
I agree that "making big decisions" should not be equated with "taking a big risk". They are related but not the same.