Startup Funding Espresso -- Ingroup Bias
Ingroup Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The Ingroup bias is a cognitive bias defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for people to give preferential treatment to others they perceive to be members of their own groups. Investors give preference to those in their network over those outside their network. This can be a challenge as startup investing is often based on network referrals and personal recommendations. Investors prioritize those in their network over those outside their network. To overcome ingroup bias, build relationships with other groups and formally syndicate deal-flow.\xa0 Develop formal criteria for deal-flow and apply them rigorously to deals coming from your own network. Poor investments often come from personal recommendations that are well-known but don\u2019t meet the investors criteria. For each deal both within your network and from outside, apply your screening criteria. Every group has some number of quality deals so consider deals from other groups in your deal-flow process. \xa0 Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let\u2019s go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: \xa0 Check out our other podcasts here: \xa0 For Investors check out: \xa0 For Startups check out: \xa0 For eGuides check out: \xa0 For upcoming Events, check out \xa0\xa0 For Feedback please contact info@tencapital.group\xa0\xa0\xa0 Please , share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of .