quality time with investors

This is the aftermath of my 1 hour session with Heather Redman of FlyingFish VC. She's an investor in GiftStarter (my startup I've been quarterbacking since 2014).  Usually we meet over coffee or drinks, and I give her my update.  She gives me feedback, helps answer questions, and connects me to helpful people.  This week, we met and got our nails done.  My nails are bright purple (as inspiration to myself to be like a purple unicorn!)!

After three years of wooing, and then continuing to woo our investors (GiftStarter), I've learned that really, when it comes to all meetings, it's completely always about the relationship.  Not just, do I like this person, do they like me back?  Honestly, do we like each other as people?  Do we respect each other?  

All I can say, is that I LOVE the investors that invested in me/GiftStarter - investment of dollars, time, and resources.  Some really really really (emphasis on really really REALLY really) awesome people.  I am so appreciative of the opportunity, the opportunity to go to battle with a very tough set of cards, and the opportunity to have learned all that I have gotten to learn (and continue to learn).  To all founders out there, investors are people, too (not just dollars).    

--Arry