Founders often feel uncomfortable taking other people's money. The fix: invest your own $50k-$100k in the deal first. If you won't put your own money in after due diligence, it's probably the wrong deal.
I will say something that is difficult for a lot of people. You had mentioned it is trying to get over that kind of— it's a mindset hurdle of being able to raise capital from people, being able to take other people's money and invest it. I think you can take solace and comfort by investing with them, right? If this is a deal that you are investing in yourself, then you'd believe in it, right? If you're putting $50,000, $100,000 into this deal, well, there's something about it that you like. You like it a lot and enough to where you should feel comfortable investing with your investors. Now, if you don't and you're just saying, "Oh, this deal is like, okay, I'm going to raise $1 million of my other— of my friends' money and then we'll see how it goes for them." Well, if you have that, then maybe this is the wrong deal, right? But if you're putting your own capital in there, you're doing your due diligence, you've met the lead sponsor, you feel comfortable with them and their history and what their business plan is, then you should find some comfort in that. People want to invest alongside of you.
