Startup Investment Strategies

Investing in startups can be done in multiple ways such as by investing through financial capital or by providing the needed technical skills by joining in a particular growth phase of the startup in exchange for shares. Focusing on the latter, for those who are experienced in investing in startups by joining: (1) What are 1-3 performance metrics for a Startup that have the highest probability of indicating success for the company and thereby for value of the shares? (2) What are the phases (series) of the startups and how is the risk of joining early/late increase/decrease the valuation of your shares? (3) What are some manipulative strategies that early-stage startups do to extract an Engineer's skills but minimizing the amount of capital they exchange in return? Enjoy the weekend. #google #apple #amazon #microsoft #meta TC: 200K+