VC Cafe

JUNE 10, 2022

Until now, early stage startups were relatively unaffected. According to new research by Pitchbook , the trickle down effect has already started in seed and series A startups with round sizes and valuations shrinking in size compared to 2021. The market correction has come for series A and seed startups.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.) I see a lot of early-stage entrepreneurs waste too much time chasing money rather than figuring this out first.

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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.

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Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

So these companies that are kind of for — in the sort of mechanical term, distributed workforces and outsource work being run online. And then the other thing is companies are having — if you talk to anybody running a company, they are having real trouble hiring enough qualified people.

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