Josh Kopleman has today's great post up titled How to "Ask for the Order".  After I read it, I thought a better title would have been "Lubricating Commercial Transactions", but then again, I'm not a titleist (one who is excellent at making up titles.)  I learn this lesson over and over again, especially after a company I've made a seed investment in gets a bill from their lawyer for $42,000 for doing very little on a financing.