One CEO explains which investors to turn down and why it’s sometimes okay to raid your 401(k).
After 17 years in sales and marketing with AT&T, I decided it was time to strike out on my own. It was 2002 and I’d come up with a new twist on an older real estate technology. But just two years later, I’d pretty much run through all my savings trying to put it into action. I was running on fumes, and my new company needed some funding fast.
