I've been bootstrapping a product for several years and last week we secured our first seed investor.<p>I'm so humbled that this investor was willing to take a risk on us, our product, and our vision that I'm confronting a threshold question in my first relationship with an investor:<p>Do I send him a personal gift to convey my deep appreciation, or do I just stay focused on the product and pretend like I've been here before?
I've no experience here, but a decent bottle of wine, along with a simple thank you card would almost certainly be appreciated. It might depend how personal of a relationship you have, our will have with this investor though.<p>I would just say what you did here, you're really appreciate of their confidence in your company and product, and look forward to the future.
With my investor hat on: convey your deep appreciation by staying focused (and providing transparent updates along the way, especially when it's going poorly). That is plenty.