Distribution Down Round Metrics 
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees. Their own ego is also a factor – will a down round signal weakness? A down round is nothing. Get over it and move on.
Growthink Blog
MAY 23, 2011
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. It is driven by the following: • The Best Metric for the Health of a Company is Cash Flow.
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Feld Thoughts
APRIL 21, 2016
Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees. Their own ego is also a factor – will a down round signal weakness? However, the DPI is the interesting number from a real perspective.
Scalable Startup
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
And so the other reason that I am very interested in delving deep into this space is that it seems like IPOs like Workday, Palo Alto Networks are sort of — they have metrics and analytics that Wall Street understands, more so than a Facebook; like “We are going to sell X number of this in the next year.”
NZ Entrepreneur
JULY 8, 2019
I waited for the ‘casino-like’ world of startup investing until I was 28 years old, putting $10,000 into a friend’s software distribution company – a tidy sum for me at that age. A simple metric – when I registered my first company in 2004, the naming space was wide open. Seven years later, I exited for $220,000.
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