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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.

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How’s Venture Capital Changing in 2023

VC Cafe

The result is mass layoffs (over 119,000 in the US since the beginning of 2023 and it’s only Feb), down rounds (even for Silicon Valley darlings like Stripe) and fund terms that go above the 2/20 standard. Gil Dibner captured that sentiment in a recent Twitter thread: We talk to a fair number of LPs.

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Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey Finds That, Yes, Valuations Are Up

ReadWriteStart

The law firm Fenwick & West LLP has released its Third Quarter 2010 Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey. The survey looks at the valuations and the terms of financing for over 100 technology companies in Silicon Valley that reported raising capital in the third quarter of this year.

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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

Both Sides of the Table

2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. This article originally appeared on TechCrunch. I acknowledged this in the article.

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Wasted time is money lost.

Berkonomics

It is not a strong bargaining position for the CEO to ask for money to complete a product promised for completion with the previous round of funding. And professional investors often penalize the company with lower-priced down rounds or expensive loans as a result.

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Three Startup Financing Myths You Should Avoid

YoungUpstarts

Here are three pieces of advice that are tossed around Silicon Valley as if they are gospel, but they are really Startup Myths. I don’t know exactly when it happened but at some point, Silicon Valley became obsessed with the word billion. Myth #1: Build a Billion Dollar Company. What happens then?

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Twitter Link Roundup #178 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Defending the Brash Arrogance of Silicon Valley | by Mike Greenfield – [link]. The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds | by Mark Suster – [link]. Surround yourself with people who make you happy | TNW – [link]. crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight: Red Poppy Floral Design – [link].