Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Him: But when I raised my first round we didn’t know how to price the company. There were no metrics. How will you price the next round? Your A round? Him: On metrics. In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 10, 2013

The critical metrics for each stage of your SaaS business | by Lars Lofrgren – [link]. The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds | by Mark Suster – [link]. Hospital Prices No Longer Secret As New Data Reveals Bewildering System, Staggering Cost Differences – [link]. 10 Myths about Startups – [link].

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Him: But when I raised my first round we didn’t know how to price the company. There were no metrics. How will you price the next round? Your A round? Him: On metrics. In finance they call it “terminal value” but the truth is the price is as arbitrary at your A round as it is at your seed round.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

The burden [should] just be that we care; that if we learn something, we improve it, and that we don’t only use single output metrics and its growth at all costs. And I made a decision not to do an equity round, because I thought it would be a down round. It cost us nothing. So we’re going to do debt.

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abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

In Silicon Valley boardrooms, where “growth at all costs” had been the mantra for many years, people began to imagine a world where the cost of capital could rise dramatically, and profits could come back in vogue. Their own ego is also a factor – will a down round signal weakness? A down round is nothing.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

The burden [should] just be that we care; that if we learn something, we improve it, and that we don’t only use single output metrics and its growth at all costs. And I made a decision not to do an equity round, because I thought it would be a down round. It cost us nothing. So we’re going to do debt.

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Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

Technical progress and market traction are much slower and cost a lot more than anticipated. Yes, you heard me right – multiple research studies, including from the Kauffman Foundation , have shown that when you remove a follow-on venture capital round from a founder or angel investor-funded company, that expected returns skyrocket.

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