[bayesianhorse]

I think it helps to understand investing. A lot of the emotional hangups I hear from founders is that they are afraid to let down their investors.

It sounds harsh, but you shouldn't care about investors because they shouldn't overly care about your success.

You should care enough about the start up to want it to succeed and do almost anything for it without having the investor breathing down their neck. On the other hand the investors should know this is a high-risk investment and not have their financial survival depend on it.