Ryan Denehy

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Nov 8, 2019
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Denehy: Swarm avoided total layoffs with a $300K wire before a wedding
“Our last two companies were at times days away from running out of money, and I think in the most extreme case at Swarm, Rudd's wedding was on a Saturday, and we were gonna have to lay everybody off on Monday, and so two days before the wedding, we got a wire …”
Ryan Denehy Nov 8, 2019 ▶ 13:31 20VC: Why Pre-Product Market Fit Is About Systems Design Not Engineering, The Right Way For Leaders To Approach Wartime Leadership Today & A Guide To Recruitment Forward Planning with Ryan Denehy, Founder & CEO @ Electric
Nov 4, 2021
Disclosure
Zero of Denehy's 25 angel investments went bust in two years
“I have been of the 25 companies I've invested in in the last two years. No one's gone out of business.”
Ryan Denehy Nov 4, 2021 ▶ 21:05 20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pricing at 200x Revenue Multiple is Common, There is More Cash Than Ever. What Happens Next; Market Analysis with Ryan Denehy, Founder and CEO @ Electric
Nov 4, 2021
Insight
Bad executives can be fired, but bad 10% investors cannot
“Because if I hire an executive and they don't work out, I can fire them. But if I bring on an investor and they suck, you can't really like fire someone who owns 10% of your company.”
Ryan Denehy Nov 4, 2021 ▶ 5:38 20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pricing at 200x Revenue Multiple is Common, There is More Cash Than Ever. What Happens Next; Market Analysis with Ryan Denehy, Founder and CEO @ Electric
Nov 4, 2021 positive
Insight
Scaling a startup gets easier as direct reports become senior executives
“Liz, it actually does get easier. Trust me. Like it does get easier because as you A bunch of things happen that make it easier. One, you understand your customer better. You understand your own business better. You understand the economic model better. In thi…”
Ryan Denehy Nov 4, 2021 ▶ 24:48 20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pricing at 200x Revenue Multiple is Common, There is More Cash Than Ever. What Happens Next; Market Analysis with Ryan Denehy, Founder and CEO @ Electric
Nov 4, 2021 negative
Insight
Capital cannot overcome limits on engineering hiring velocity
“More capital isn't necessarily going to make you move faster. There's a physical limit to how many talented engineers you can hire. In a six to eight month window.”
Ryan Denehy Nov 4, 2021 ▶ 12:41 20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pricing at 200x Revenue Multiple is Common, There is More Cash Than Ever. What Happens Next; Market Analysis with Ryan Denehy, Founder and CEO @ Electric
Nov 4, 2021 negative
Insight
Preemptive round markups rarely reflect actual commercial progress
“When you think about these like preemptive rounds where it's like, oh, some company raises at five hundred million in January, and then in March, they raise at a billion. It's like, it's unlikely in most of those cases that you actually engage in any commercia…”
Ryan Denehy Nov 4, 2021 ▶ 15:13 20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pricing at 200x Revenue Multiple is Common, There is More Cash Than Ever. What Happens Next; Market Analysis with Ryan Denehy, Founder and CEO @ Electric
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