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Ask HN: Gifts for Investors?

2 points by bculper ↗ HN
I've been bootstrapping a product for several years and last week we secured our first seed investor.

I'm so humbled that this investor was willing to take a risk on us, our product, and our vision that I'm confronting a threshold question in my first relationship with an investor:

Do I send him a personal gift to convey my deep appreciation, or do I just stay focused on the product and pretend like I've been here before?

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Alupis
I've no experience here, but a decent bottle of wine, along with a simple thank you card would almost certainly be appreciated. It might depend how personal of a relationship you have, our will have with this investor though.

I would just say what you did here, you're really appreciate of their confidence in your company and product, and look forward to the future.

greenyoda
Stay focused. Your best gift to your investor would be a good return on investment - a successful product.
troydavis
With my investor hat on: convey your deep appreciation by staying focused (and providing transparent updates along the way, especially when it's going poorly). That is plenty.