Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) Marketing demand creation programs (Search Engine Marketing, Public Relations, Advertising, Lead Generation, Trade Shows, etc.)

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Can you imagine getting your competitors to advertise for you? How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round: When Taking Venture Capital Doesn’t Go as Planned – crowdspring.co/MvF29W. DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them – crowdspring.co/1jOeA6v. Well done, DHL! “If you want to sell ads, sell ads.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

and team Somite Therapeutics on your $10M seed round to leverage AI and big data to develop cell replacement therapies! Mazel tov Amit Monheit and team Odeeo on your $5M funding round to expand your global audio advertising for games to the US market! AI and all the rest. 35% of U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds | by Mark Suster – [link]. Newspapers need to stop lying to themselves — and to advertisers — about their circulation – [link]. 50+ Creative Advertising Print Ads | Grafix Designs – [link]. 50+ Creative Advertising Print Ads | Grafix Designs – [link].

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Everyone’s pulled back on advertising. And I made a decision not to do an equity round, because I thought it would be a down round. And I said, I think it’s going to be a down round, because people are scared. And I thought, well, no one’s marketing. No one’s saying anything, there’s a vacuum.

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VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Snap’s stock plunged 40% last week after Evan Spigel announced the company will miss revenue targets, which raises questions about other ‘advertising powered’ social networks. Big tech (Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple) have implemented a temporary hiring freeze. Notable tech layoffs (source: Protocol ).

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Everyone’s pulled back on advertising. And I made a decision not to do an equity round, because I thought it would be a down round. And I said, I think it’s going to be a down round, because people are scared. And I thought, well, no one’s marketing. No one’s saying anything, there’s a vacuum.

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