The OPM addiction and 'Skin in the Game'

Sometime back, I wrote about the different factors investors should consider while investing in seed stage start-ups. There are multiple things that investors should look at while investing money including team, traction, market validation and potential, among others. Besides all these, one critical thing that I believe is sometimes forgotten or not give due account is “Skin in the Game”.

Nowadays, there is a growing perception of easy money, the OPM (Other People’s Money) syndrome has become real.  Many entrepreneurs are starting businesses because they believe there is somebody else to fund it, and they would not stake their personal net worth to back the idea otherwise.

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