Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 11, 2022
And then in the late 90’s money crept in, swept in to town by public markets, instant wealth and an absurd sky-rocketing of valuations based on no reasonable metrics. We wanted new things to exist and to solve new problems and to see our creations come to life. But this is still all about valuations and none of it is any fun anymore.
Up and Running
APRIL 27, 2012
Internet entrepreneurs in the UK need to push managing metrics right to the front of their to-do lists. They need to be relentless in their pursuit of identifying and tracking metrics across all aspects of their business. Most meaningful metrics. They need to re-embrace planning even if they have no desire for a business plan.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
At an accelerator … Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. Your A round?
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 7, 2009
As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers. Starting instead from a position where feedback cycle time is the priority and allowing quality to ratchet up as the product matures provides a more natural lead in to continuous deployment.
David Teten
JANUARY 13, 2015
Yes, you like hip-hop, “urban” clothing and “ ratchet television”, but all that sinks you deeper into stereotypes. Prove more through metrics. I truly believe in the meritocracy of Silicon Valley – when you have solid metrics. Feign familiarity if you must.
Gust
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
Me: Raising convertible notes as a seed round is one of the biggest disservices our industry has done to entrepreneurs since 2001-2003 when there were “full ratchets” and “multiple liquidation preferences” – the most hostile terms anybody found in term sheets 10 years ago. There were no metrics. Him: On metrics. Your A round?
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 27, 2020
And often what we're seeing in these hydroxychloroquine studies is a big ratcheting of a typical dose. You ratchet up a drug that has known side effects. The real metric should be funding should go into something or something should be developed until there is a treatment.
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