Answer by Trunk for How to respond to a professor asking for investment in...
He is asking you as he's weighed up your family's wealth from observing you over the years.It was really unwise to have allowed a sister to become professionally involved with your own academic...
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$80,000 is above the usual first-time investor's share in an angel fund, and almost as much as the typical non-US startup raises pre-seed (the US has higher valuations than the rest of the...
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The main possibility is that this offer/request comes not from your professor at all, but from a scammer. So you ask your professor directly "I received a message asking for an $80,000 investment,...
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A gross violation of good ethics. Most likely a terrible "investment" as well.A word of caution. If your professor or someone associated with them finds your post here it is possible there could be...
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I'm willing to give the professor the benefit of the doubt that he is acting with good intentions. But you should feel comfortable declining this offer, since you don't have the money to risk. That's a...
View ArticleAnswer by Ethan Bolker for How to respond to a professor asking for...
Just say no thank you. Do it politely. Do not offer any reason for saying no. Don't provide one if he asks. Just say no.You or we can speculate endlessly about what this might mean and never find...
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We don't know what is behind the advisor's request.It could be benign, in that he is intending to give you an opportunity to participate in a spin-off from your work. But than the communication was not...
View ArticleAnswer by Petr for How to respond to a professor asking for investment in...
Just one more word of caution: it may as well be that the professor has been scammed.There are many schemes when scammers make victims believe that they have a "profitable" business, and make victims...
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I am not a trusting person, and the idea of someone with as much authority and influence over your sister's life asking for large quantities of money (extremely large quantities of money in the context...
View ArticleHow to respond to a professor asking for investment in their business?
A few weeks back the prof asked me to invest in his business. That is a significant amount for us, I do not understand why he is proposing that. I wonder what should we do with this proposal. What can...
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