How to Get Former Employers and Co-Workers to Invest in Your Startup
Three tips to keep in mind when asking people who once managed or worked with you for money.
Ryan Shank's former boss invested nearly $1 million in his startup this year. Alison Johnston Rue counts two past employers among contributors to the $1.1 million in seed funding she raised in 2012. And former Goldman Sachs trader Melissa Thompson scored a mid-six-figure seed round in 2013 from the head of her former trading desk, a
