Down Round Hiring Internet Metrics 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
It is highly dependent upon many factors: experience of the team, type of opportunity (a big biotech or semi-conductor A round is likely to look different from an Internet A round), geography, etc. Another firm we saw tried to raise $15 million at a $60 million pre-money with similar metrics. Here’s the problem.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. Also, they have a strong belief that any sign of weakness (such as a down round) will have a catastrophic impact on their culture, hiring process, and ability to retain employees. Their own ego is also a factor – will a down round signal weakness?
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Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” If we’re making a consumer internet company, it should be good for people consuming it. So we’re going to do debt.
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. And I hired a COO, Belinda Johnson , and she said, “No, if people don’t like you, you should meet with them.” If we’re making a consumer internet company, it should be good for people consuming it. So we’re going to do debt.
Scalable Startup
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
To bring out a new technology for consumers first, you just had a very long road to go down to try to find people who actually would pay money for something. So it would seem like they are an antidote to, or at least less offensive than, social/consumer Internet companies are to the public markets. Stick a fork in it.
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