Financing
topic on 4 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
the Knowledge Project 
Masters of Scale 
20VC 
David Senra
4 statements about Financing, every show
Graves: Founders should retain 100% equity to protect company vision
“If it's special to you, hold on to your equity. Take the risk, get more financing, but keep it yours because you'll always be able to protect your baby. You know what makes it work better than anybody else.”
An IPO is a financing event, not an exit for founders
“Some people view an IPO as an exit. We don't view it as an exit at all. It's just, it's a financing. It's a way to, you know, bring capital onto the balance sheet, have, create a more public platform and more exposure, and continue on this mission.”
Hoffman: Financing is primarily a mechanism to acquire supportive knowledge networks
“When you think about financing, financing is a way to bring in networks of support and knowledge that Those networks can expose you to, you know, key learnings, key ways to ask questions, key people to collaborate with, key people to hire”