Where do my friends and family fit in?

by a searcher from Carleton College

5 years ago

I am getting ready to approach investors for my search fund.  I have an enthusiastic family member who is helping me out with advice, cheerleading, contacts, and some actual searching as well.  He is a successful entrepreneur himself -- created a tech start-up and sold it.  But he isn't yet ready to invest financially.  I would like to add his bio to my website, but I'm not sure how to refer to him.  An associate?  Some other noun?  Or should I leave him out of it until he is involved in a more substantial way?

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searcher from Carleton College

Thank you, all!

5 years ago | like reply | 0 likes

intermediary from Wake Forest University - Schools of Business

If you want to take it to the next level and you have at least one other mentor/advisor, you can create an Advisory Board (the name implies more than one). So he would, along with the others, become an Advisory Board Member.

5 years ago | like reply | 1 like

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