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Why Startups Should Raise Money at the Top End of Normal

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Early-stage investors in technology startups are only looking for growth-oriented companies that can achieve an “exit&# someday – either via selling your company to a larger company or via an IPO. They did an inside round, spent a bunch of money and then went through a fire sale of the business less than 2 years later.

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On Bubbles … And Why We’ll Be Just Fine

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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!

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The Second VC Round – A True Test of Scalability

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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. source: Crunchbase.

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On the Road to Recap:

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The pressures of lofty paper valuations, massive burn rates (and the subsequent need for more cash), and unprecedented low levels of IPOs and M&A, have created a complex and unique circumstance which many Unicorn CEOs and investors are ill-prepared to navigate. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

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. At the time, they said, it’s not enough to design a product that’s good for sales, it must also be good for the environment.

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An Inside Scoop on the Funding Environment and What it Might Mean for You

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forward sales with some as high as 12x sales. Many had started IPO’ing and we started to think about our future. So we brought in experience hand Mark Woodward who had taken 2 companies public and had a storied sales leadership turned CEO career where he learned in academy-rich Oracle.

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People-First Capitalism

Reid Hoffman

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. At the time, they said, it’s not enough to design a product that’s good for sales, it must also be good for the environment.