1.   Besides helping entrepreneurs keep things in perspective, mentor capitalists can help boost confidence.

2.   In most of the start-ups we studied, the mentor capitalists provided early funding through a few phone calls to angel friends.

3.   In the worldwide competition for talent, mentor capitalists can play an essential role in start-ups.

4.   Many mentor capitalists remember the sleepless nights, the obsessive concentration that shuts out normal relations, the swings between euphoria and panic.

5.   Sometimes mentor capitalists also have to be king breakers.

6.   Such mentor capitalists are expert coaches in part because they started their own companies and served as CEOs or COOs.

7.   To summarize, mentor capitalists give entrepreneurs real-time, intensive coaching on how to build a successful business.