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保罗·格雷厄姆:如何融资·第6则
保罗·格雷厄姆《《如何融资》》· How to Raise Money · 投资 · 认知 · 成长 · 行动
When you refuse to meet an investor because you're not in fundraising mode, or slow down your interactions with an investor who moves too slow, or treat a contingent offer as the no it actually is and then, by accepting offers greedily, end up leaving that investor out, you're going to be doing things investors don't like. So you must cushion the blow with soft words. At YC we tell startups they can blame us. And now that I've written this, everyone else can blame me if they want. That plus the inexperience card should work in most situations: sorry, we think you're great, but PG said startups shouldn't ___, and since we're new to fundraising, we feel like we have to play it safe. The danger of behaving arrogantly is greatest when you're doing well.
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定位:Essay, additional excerpt 6 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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当你因为不在融资模式而拒绝见投资人,或放慢与动作太慢的投资人的互动,或把附条件的报价当作拒绝,然后因为贪婪接受其他报价而把那个投资人排除在外,你做的都是投资人不喜欢的事。所以必须用软话缓冲。YC告诉创业者可以怪我们。既然我写了这篇文章,谁想怪我也行。这加上没经验这张牌在多数情况下都管用:抱歉,我们觉得你很棒,但PG说创业公司不该___,而且我们融资没经验,觉得必须稳妥点。表现傲慢的危险在你做得好的时候最大。
上下文
保罗·格雷厄姆在《如何融资》中谈融资时如何礼貌拒绝投资人,避免得罪人。
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你最近一次拒绝别人时,是否用了足够委婉的方式,还是显得傲慢?
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