Down Round Founder Metrics 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
I’ve decided to take all of my private conversations and subjective points-of-view on the topic and make them public in a keynote speech at the Founder Showcase in San Francisco on June 15th. Another firm we saw tried to raise $15 million at a $60 million pre-money with similar metrics. Here’s the problem.
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]. Startup Founders: Don’t Forget to Sell the Dream | by Jason Shen – [link]. The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds | by Mark Suster – [link]. 10 Myths about Startups – [link]. “Embrace skeptics.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
And people like Jeff Clavier, Aydin Senkut, Dave McClure, Chris Sacca & Eric Paley (at Founder Collective) are leading the charge. Chris Sacca talked about how a $20 million exit can change a founder’s life and that shouldn’t be scoffed at. That’s awesome. I had two kids and a rental house.
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.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. Their own ego is also a factor – will a down round signal weakness?
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
While many travel industry leaders chose to “go dark,” as Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky put it , while they decided how to navigate next steps, Chesky took a different approach: He got candid. Today, we are thrilled to have Airbnb CEO and co-founder Brian Chesky with us. We’ve kind of designed the kind of growth that we want.
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