Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 30, 2016
It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever. You will spend what you raise in the same timeframes whether you raise $1.5 million or $4 million.
crowdSPRING Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
How You Get Slaughtered in a Down Round: When Taking Venture Capital Doesn’t Go as Planned – crowdspring.co/MvF29W. Facebook and WhatsApp: The Nineteen-Billion-Dollar App – crowdspring.co/1jOdRlK. DHL Pranked UPS Into Advertising For Them – crowdspring.co/1jOeA6v. “If you want to sell ads, sell ads.
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crowdSPRING Blog
MAY 10, 2013
The Damaging Psychology of Down Rounds | by Mark Suster – [link]. What Steve Jobs Can Teach Us About Management and Leadership – [link]. 7 A/B Testing Blunders That Even Experts Make – [link]. Urgency and accountability are two sides of the innovation coin – [link]. “Embrace skeptics. ” [link].
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
New investors hate down rounds. Or Salesforce.com who rose to prominence in this same period where they were ramping up PR and shouting from mountain tops when everybody else in the market was mute. They will enter the “triage phase&# of the market where they figure out which of their existing deals will survive.
This is going to be BIG.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
I think I'm terrific at helping early stage teams by rolling up my sleeves and doing what's necessary--getting them hires, PR, product strategy help to find that market fit. If you're doing seed deals, how often does a down round in a seed deal even happen? Down from what? If you're a multi-stage investor, I get this.
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