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The Biggest Threats to My Business

Rob Go

Getting Crammed Down. If a), you reduce the cram-down risk, but also reduce the fund’s upside because you own less of your portfolio companies to begin with. In a market like this, success and market leadership are very fleeting. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

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Lean Startups aren't Cheap Startups

Steve Blank

In times when venture capital is hard to get, investors extract high costs for failure (down-rounds, cram downs , new management teams, shut down the company.)

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