5. Courtship
The Angel’s Criteria
1. Is there a shared interest?
2. What do you do for a living?
3. Can you be successful?
4. What will our life look like together?
5. Will we have enough to live on?
6. What about your family?
7. Is a prenuptial a problem?
8. Who will be the head of household?
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6. Courtship
The Angel’s Criteria
1. Am I interested in what you do?
2. What is the concept/technology/business?
3. Do you have what I think it takes to be successful?
4. Can we agree to a strategy?
5. How much money will it take to execute the
strategy?
6. Will the other people involved agree to the
strategy?
7. Can we agree to valuation and investment terms?
8. Can we agree on governance?
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7. The Promise
Since it is your intention to enter into marriage,
sign this agreement
(before these witnesses) by
repeating after me:
I, The Entrepreneur, take you, my lead Angel,
my
wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for
better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to
love and to cherish, as long as this company
survives or there is a change of control.
________________________________
!
I, the Lead Angel, take you, my entrepreneur
my
husband
for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in
sickness and in health, to
love and to cherish, as long as
survives or there is a change of control.
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