Stars in my ayes!

Impromptu coffee meeting with an investor on Sunday.

One of those “how the hell did we both get here?” moments.

It started as a “oh great, another starry-eyed entrepreneur, I can give you five minutes” and ended after a hair over three very long hours on some exceptionally uncomfortable chairs.

I got to re-use a classic line I haven’t used in almost 30 years.

“I’m not really looking for you to invest in this.” I said, showing off the website on my little Surface Pro 3.

“You’re the first entrepreneur I’ve met who doesn’t need money.” responded the VC I was un-pitching.

“Ah, you misunderstand me,” I countered, “I never said I don’t need money. I just don’t need YOUR money.”