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Loudcloud

10 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jul 29, 2017 by Ben Horowitz · said 38 times in 19 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Everything said about Loudcloud, oldest first

Jul 29, 2017
Assertion Partly supported
Horowitz: BusinessWeek published a story calling Loudcloud's listing 'the IPO from hell'
“We were called the IPO from hell. Like, literally, Business Week ran a whole story called the IPO from hell, which was my IPO.”
Ben Horowitz Jul 29, 2017 ▶ 9:47 On Career Moves and Business Leadership
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Horowitz: Atriax bankruptcy wiped out $25M owed to LoudCloud
“Our largest customer went out of business, H-Reacts, which made it impossible for us to raise any money. They had us twenty five million dollars at the time.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:15 a16z Podcast | Startups, Pivots, Culture, and Timing (Oh Shit!)
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Horowitz: LoudCloud went public 18 months post-founding and pivoted 12 months later
“We founded the company in 1999. We went public in 18 months later, and then we pivoted the whole thing 12 months after that.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:53 a16z Podcast | Startups, Pivots, Culture, and Timing (Oh Shit!)
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Horowitz: LoudCloud lost 50% market cap after customer default disclosure
“And as soon as we disclosed that we lost 50% of our market cap and we couldn't raise the money.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:33 a16z Podcast | Startups, Pivots, Culture, and Timing (Oh Shit!)
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Horowitz: Opsware contained only 10% original LoudCloud code after pivot
“And I think at the end, only about 10% of the code base was the original. Loud cloud software.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 11:57 a16z Podcast | Startups, Pivots, Culture, and Timing (Oh Shit!)
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Horowitz: LoudCloud grew annual revenue from $2M to $57M in one year
“We went two million to fifty seven million dollars in one year.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:14 a16z Podcast | Startups, Pivots, Culture, and Timing (Oh Shit!)
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Rosenthal: LoudCloud grew from five to 650 employees within one year
“And from five of us to about 650 employees in the same time.”
Jason Rosenthal Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:22 a16z Podcast | Startups, Pivots, Culture, and Timing (Oh Shit!)
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Opinion
Horowitz: Taking Loudcloud public before the market bottomed was his best decision
“That was probably the single best decision I've ever made, just to go like, how do you know you're at the bottom? You're not sure at the bottom.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:14 a16z Podcast | Cash, Growth, and CEO ❤ CFO
Jan 2, 2019
What-if
Horowitz: Loudcloud wouldn't have survived without accepting a worsening market
“We definitely would not have survived as a company if I hadn't just admitted to myself that things might not get better in the kind of funding environment.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 8:37 a16z Podcast | Cash, Growth, and CEO ❤ CFO
Jun 14, 2019
Assertion Supported
Loudcloud raised $120 million at an $820 million post-money valuation
“Ben Horowitz and I spent a bunch of time raising this very large round. We raised a hundred and twenty million dollars at an eight hundred and twenty million dollar post money valuation, right?”
Scott Kupor Jun 14, 2019 ▶ 6:28 How to Raise Money from a Venture Investor
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