VC Cafe

JUNE 10, 2022

While these prices are still high compared to what we see in Israel, Investors have putting a stronger focus on revenue growth (and in particular startups that can reach substantial revenue targets) especially before series A. That’s why Bessemer ventures coined a new term, reflecting that revenue is king.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

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 press took notice, especially since just a few months later startups were laying off employees en-masse to cut costs. Team, product, market.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 27, 2011

And by growth I mean revenue growth. Flat to negative revenue growth is a real red flag, especially for early stage companies. If you’re venture funded, things get kind of ugly -unhappy board members, cut off from communications, down- rounds to keep you going, or no more funding. And protection form death.

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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. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” And then how would you prompt other entrepreneurial leaders to think more broadly about stakeholders than even just investors, employees, customers, which tends to be the typical trifecta? That was totally counterintuitive.

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Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” And then how would you prompt other entrepreneurial leaders to think more broadly about stakeholders than even just investors, employees, customers, which tends to be the typical trifecta? That was totally counterintuitive.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. The reason is that employees are investors too—oftheir time—and they want just as much to be able to cash out. Most firmsalso have a handful of junior employees called something likeassociates or analysts. There are few large, privatetechnology companies.

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