"Friends and family round" has to be one of the worst concepts I've ever heard.
Great way to destroy your most precious and important relationships.
Great way to destroy your most precious and important relationships.
Never borrow money from friends, be extremely careful when borrowing money from parents.
Actually re-reading your comment I'm still not sure what you mean? If you're not willing to sacrifice relationships to start a company, then you're not cut out for founding? Isn't that a pretty unhealthy position to take in life?
The potential to sacrifice relationships is the complete wrong way to look at it. Investing is not only opportunistic, it can help someone realize a dream.
Correct, if these are your first thoughts, you are going to struggle mightily as a founder.