Design Down Round Revenue Technical Review 
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. They won a design award at a trade show, but have no revenue and no orders. BACK 9 DIPS. Kevin questioned the use case since bowls are ubiquitous.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# New investors hate down rounds. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. and profits! But everything has intrinsic value.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. I dont mean to suggest that our investors were nothing but a dragon us. Whendel.icio.us
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