VC Cafe

MAY 29, 2022

Layoffs and hiring freezes have started. Big tech (Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple) have implemented a temporary hiring freeze. Snap’s stock plunged 40% last week after Evan Spigel announced the company will miss revenue targets, which raises questions about other ‘advertising powered’ social networks.

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Venture Capital Early Stage Valuation Startup 184

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! New investors hate down rounds. Huge structural under-employment in much of the country and full employment in some niche tech markets where it’s impossible to hire developers, designers or sales professionals. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too.

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Saudi Arabia Valuation IPO Technical Review 309

Growthink Blog

MAY 23, 2011

This venture capital financing - usually between $3 and $10 million - is the first of a number of rounds of outside investment over a period of three to five years. With this capital, the company propels itself to $50 million+ in revenues, and to either a sale to a strategic acquirer or to an initial public offering.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Sweat Equity Cram Down 112

Scalable Startup

OCTOBER 26, 2011

The second round is often for some or all of the following – corporate growth, go to market, turn the prototype into a robust offering, marketing costs, or to hire a sales force. It’s no longer based on a hunch, unless the company is in trouble and needs money to finish what the first round started. Accel Partners.

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Mezzanine Due Diligence IPO Angel Investor 22

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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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. For example, a seed firmshould be able to give advice about how to approach VCs, which VCsobviously dont need to do; whereas VCs should be able to giveadvice about how to hire an "executive team," which is not an issuein the seed stage. Dont be misled by thisoptimism.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Reid Hoffman

JUNE 8, 2021

Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” So we have to think of ourselves as partners. And most companies have a partner, group and then society. I always saw it as the opposite.”.

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