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.) Sales people cost money, and when they’re not bringing in revenue, their wandering in the woods is time consuming, cash-draining and demoralizing.

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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. This is OpenAI-backed Neo BETA by 1x.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 27, 2011

And by growth I mean revenue growth. Growth means bigger and more complex barriers to entry – more advertising, products, support and security for your users/buyers, advanced services, etc. Flat to negative revenue growth is a real red flag, especially for early stage companies. And protection form death. What about users?

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Everyone’s pulled back on advertising. But now our hosts are really angry, and they have a huge revenue shortfall. 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.

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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. But now our hosts are really angry, and they have a huge revenue shortfall. 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.

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