How investors feel about the age of the head?

Question

Investments

Any company and IT project must have a person who is responsible for conducting business correspondence, as well as for negotiating with potential partners.

So, how do people react if a person of 20-24 years old talks to them about high matters?

Answer 1

I think that neat clothes, a neat appearance and competent speech will be a plus at any age.

Answer 2

It all depends on what he says and how he presents, there are smart people in their 20s, and there are stupid people in their 40s. (Further purely my opinion) The investor is interested in profits and the product, if he believes that it will be, then age will no longer play a big role (of course it will influence, but it will not be the root cause).

Answer 3

I can say from my own experience of negotiations with investors: usually professional investors give money not for numbers and not for an idea, but for a team that can implement this idea with these numbers. No one will ask you your age (after all, you are not buying alcohol), but project experience, qualifications, personal qualities - all this will be really important. And the question is that among 20-year-olds, people with good experience are slightly less common than among 30-year-olds.

Answer 4

I am 23, I am the head of a startup with attracted investments. Everything is good :)

Answer 5

Everything is very subjective. At 24, you can look different and have different experiences. At just 24 (23 years ago) I looked young, and I talked with 50-year-old "investors" - plant directors - and I felt in my skin that I needed to make twice as much effort as my 35-year-old (or looking 35) colleagues. Again, based on my own experience, when communicating with investors, it is more important to have a high degree of elaboration of the issue, it is desirable to have a competent business plan, with calculations from where this or that value is taken, a clear understanding of calculation methods, and faith in what is written, and in one’s own strength ...
Well, personal charm is generally pure subjectivism.

Answer 6

They react differently depending on the person. It is more important for you to know how they react to you, and you will know this only through negotiations.
And in general, the main thing is to be a good person and have a desire. It is always felt and in this case the bosses go to the meeting :=)

Answer 7

Look neat, head on your shoulders and of course self-confidence. If you understand and understand the issue, then investors will have confidence.
PS I almost forgot, don't ask investors for $1,000,000 for 30% for an idea? ;)