Cost Down Round Finance Silicon Valley 
Berkonomics
OCTOBER 5, 2023
What most managers miss is that every month cut from the time it takes to perform such tasks cuts the cost by the value of a month’s worth of fixed overhead or burn. Ignoring the cost of product for a moment to make a point, saving a month’s fixed overhead by making processes more efficient, could easily double profits for the year.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 10, 2017
What most managers miss is that every month cut from the time it takes to perform such tasks cuts the cost by the value of a month’s worth of fixed overhead or burn. Ignoring cost of product for a moment to make a point, saving a month’s fixed overhead by making processes more efficient, could easily double profits for the year.
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Berkonomics
MARCH 30, 2010
What most managers miss is that every month cut from the time it takes to perform such tasks cuts the cost by the value of a month’s worth of fixed overhead or burn. It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. This time I’ll break down week four of this season. As he said, “Great innovations solve problems or reduce costs. BACK 9 DIPS. Kevin questioned the use case since bowls are ubiquitous.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
What micro VCs need to consider is what happens when several of your companies want to grow and require VC financing? Or when the economy turns downward and they all need financing extensions? My wife worked at Google so while we had good income in Silicon Valley it’s hardly the life of luxury given the costs of housing.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
Why the Unicorn Financing Market Just Became Dangerous…For All Involved. John was the first to uncover that just because a company can raise money from a handful of investors at a very high price, it does not guarantee (i) everything is going well at the company, or (ii) those shares are permanently worth the last round valuation.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 14, 2016
Back then Michael Arrington accused some of Silicon Valley’s top seed funds of “colluding” by meeting secretly to talk down the valuation of startups. But if you’re a seed investor and you’re worried that the A-round won’t get done if your post-money is too high you suddenly start paying less.
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