Down Round Revenue Stock Technical Review 
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 5, 2011
2 preamble issues having read the comments on TC today: 1: I know that the prices of startup companies is much great in Silicon Valley than in smaller towns / less tech focused areas in the US and the US prices higher than many foreign markets. Private markets for stocks are the opposite. I acknowledged this in the article.
Both Sides of the Table
JULY 29, 2010
The A round was done in February 2000 (end of the bull market) and my B round was done in April 2001 (bear market). As a result I had to do a down round. Down rounds are psychologically really difficult on companies and can make it harder to do later rounds. I eventually needed more money.
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
OCTOBER 7, 2012
I’ve been writing up reviews of this season’s Shark Tank pitches from a silicon valley VCs perspective. Week three’s breakdown covered topics like how hard momentum is to turn around, and how participating preferred stock works. This time I’ll break down week four of this season. BACK 9 DIPS.
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 22, 2011
Ah, but today’s Internet companies have real revenue! Responses ranged from, “hey, they’re in a HUGE market&# to “it is an amazing company and their technology rocks.&# New investors hate down rounds. I said that at the Founder Showcase, too. and profits! But everything has intrinsic value.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Much has changed in the past four months of the technology startup world and how outsiders value the business. We do this in our consumer lives with everything ranging from housing purchases to public stocks. Don’t assume that you can “just do a down round” if necessary. Down rounds are corrosive.
www.paulgraham.com
APRIL 28, 2010
I wassurprised recently when I realized that all the worst problems wefaced in our startup were due not to competitors, but investors.Dealing with competitors was easy by comparison. There never has to be atime when you have no revenues. I dont mean to suggest that our investors were nothing but a dragon us. Whendel.icio.us
abovethecrowd.com
APRIL 20, 2016
In late 2015, many public technology companies saw a significant retrenchment in their share prices primarily as a result of a reduction in valuation multiples. A high performing, high-growth SAAS company that may have been worth 10 or more times revenue was suddenly worth 4-7 times revenue.
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