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ReadWriteStart
JANUARY 13, 2024
Startups in the cybersecurity sector are facing a daunting market environment , contending with decreased valuations and increasing pressure to sell while competing for vital funding and collaborations.
Steve Blank
APRIL 26, 2022
Cram downs are back – and I’m keeping a list. At the turn of the century after the dotcom crash, startup valuations plummeted, burn rates were unsustainable, and startups were quickly running out of cash. A cram down is different than a down round. This article previously appeared in TechCrunch.
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VC Cafe
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. A combination of competition for top talent and an effort to bring employees back to the office drove startups in Israel to throw extravagant parties and all-inclusive retreats abroad.
The Equity Kicker
JANUARY 25, 2016
Startups everywhere will need to adjust their fundraising strategies and good investors will be helping them to adjust quickly – it’s much less painful that way. However severe our current situation is, I’m sure there will be plenty of short term negatives, including more job losses, company failures and down rounds.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Much has changed in the past four months of the technology startup world and how outsiders value the business. Pragmatic cost cuts are always possible and often productive. If you can get a round done at the price you expect – well done. Don’t assume that you can “just do a down round” if necessary.
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
A founder asked me what makes a $2M round “pre-seed”? especially if the startup already has a product and revenue? And why do we still sometimes hear about pre-seed rounds that look more like a series A in pricing and size? Defining the pre-seed round It’s futile to look for ‘one true’ definition.
Scalable Startup
JANUARY 27, 2011
An ominous title for a blog post, but “Grow or Die” has been one of the most basic rules in the high-growth startup world for decades. The first trick is to offer something that the world will need more and more over the next few years (growing market), without that it doesn’t matter much anyway; your product/service/thing must “catch on”.
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