Down Round Internet IPO Partner 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
The fact that today’s Internet bubble does not represent all companies does not disprove its existence. Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! And this is happening in mezzanine (pre-IPO) deals as well. And post IPO deals, although these tend to correct more quickly. and profits!
Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. So we have to think of ourselves as partners.
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Reid Hoffman
JUNE 8, 2021
Greylock Partners · Brian Chesky | People-First Capitalism. Airbnb was preparing for an IPO right when the pandemic hit, and everything changed in a matter of days. Airbnb got scrutiny before we were big, because Airbnb meant the internet moving into your neighborhood. So we have to think of ourselves as partners.
Scalable Startup
OCTOBER 26, 2011
The current phenomenon of Internet multi-millionaires recycling their money back into the startup markets is creating “super” angels like Ron Conway. It’s no longer based on a hunch, unless the company is in trouble and needs money to finish what the first round started. Accel Partners. Greylock Partners.
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
All Unicorn participants — founders, company employees, venture investors and their limited partners (LPs) — are seeing their fortunes put at risk from the very nature of the Unicorn phenomenon itself. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. In 1999, record valuations coexisted with record IPOs and shareholder liquidity.
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.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2016
Many had started IPO’ing and we started to think about our future. Mark dutifully went to partner meetings, back-channel references began, firms started calling existing VCs to “test prices” and we started debating whom our best partner would be. forward sales with some as high as 12x sales.
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