Down Round Entrepreneur Software Review Technical Review 
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JUNE 30, 2016
And if you raise the “5 on 20” and don’t grow into your next-round valuation you’re stuck because venture investors HATE doing down rounds. Internally at Upfront it’s an entrepreneur who has enough of a proven track record that they can raise a $5–10 million A-round based on their prior experiences.
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. This is why investors really like SaaS software companies where you have recurring revenue and your largest customer accounts for < 5% of your revenue and your renewals rates are > 90%.
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JULY 29, 2010
We received so much positive feedback from our This Week in Venture Capital show walking through valuation calculations & term sheets that we decided to do a Q&A show this week to address topics that entrepreneurs want to learn about. on the entrepreneur side of the table) when I raised at too high of a price. Never cold.
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JUNE 22, 2011
This was an audience of mostly first-time entrepreneurs. It is great for entrepreneurs and great for VCs. So here is what I have been telling entrepreneurs privately for the past 6 months. Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&#
Scalable Startup
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
These are good things to think about and companies to study as we move back from consumer to Enterprise in the tech cycle. And so it has always been this kind of trickle-down model for 50 years. So now you have got the rise of this new set of companies that are sort of consumerized technology for businesses.
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