Reminder: for those seeking a short-cut to Board Chair, Non-Executive Director, Operating Partner or Senior Adviser roles to think carefully about the return-on-time invested in originating buy-side deals.

Just because a couple of investors have an expressed need for your origination advice, and others appear to but won’t pay you for it other than “on success”, doesn’t mean you have found a wonderful new advice market. You’ve found a begging bowl with a few occasional scraps in it, walk on by.