FounderLine is a live weekly webcast devoted to helping startup founders succeed, hosted by seven-time startup entrepreneur and investor Joe Beninato. Each week, Joe welcomes an experienced entrepreneur or investor to discuss startup-related topics and field questions from entrepreneurs around the world. In addition, regular guest Mitch Zuklie, Chairman & CEO of Orrick, will be on-hand to discuss legal issues in the "Ask the Lawyer" segment. FounderLine is broadcast live every Thursday evening from 5-6pm Pacific Time. For more information, go to founderline.com.

In this episode, host Joe Beninato and guest Mark Goines answer listener questions including:


- Founders may find themselves self-funding the business from personal savings and drawing no salary during early days. If the business makes it to a professional funding round, are there ways for the founders to fairly recover some or all of their investment?
- Angels seem to take a lot of risk. Why do they do it?
- What's happening in the education startup space?
- What is the #1 reason you've seen companies fail? Is it founders disagreeing? Lack of product/market fit? Inability to raise money?
- Do you have any advice on the best way to find the right investors for my startup?

In the "Ask The Lawyer" segment, Mitch Zuklie of Orrick discusses making board meetings productive.