Business Model Down Round Founder Revenue 
Steve Blank
APRIL 26, 2022
Most existing investors (those still in business) hoarded their money and stopped doing follow-on rounds until the rubble had cleared. Except, that is, for the bottom feeders of the Venture Capital business – investors who “ cram down ” their companies. A cram down is different than a down round.
ReadWriteStart
JUNE 1, 2020
Funding might be a need in some cases — but it’s not an absolute necessity. ? The business should be self-sustainable. The primary source of your funds should be your paying customers, i.e., your business should generate enough revenues and profits to fund the growth and expansion. Incubators and Accelerators.
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View from Seed
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
This is a guest post from Rob May , a co-founder and CEO of Backupify , which raised $19.5M Rob,” he said, “no offense, but you aren’t going to get a world class, been-there-done-that CEO into a company with less than $1 million in revenue. Think more about business models. Hang out with other founders and CEOs.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
I recently spoke at the Founder Showcase at the request of Adeo Ressi. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! And for many of these they were (over) funded 7-10 years ago and don’t necessarily all represent great returns for investors or founders.
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.
Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
The first company started as a BBQ catering business, and eventually focused in on their most popular product, a dip made of blended up chicken plus various sauces. This isn’t a company yet, it’s an idea, and the founder could do a lot more on his own to validate product-market fit before raising capital. Fair enough too.
NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The statistics show that even though most founders bet their time and resources that their startups will be the best in the world, 90% of those new startups won’t be in operation in 10-15 years. For example, “How will unit cost affect our capital requirements and how will product pricing affect revenue?”
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