Preference Stack
topic on 2 shows · 4 statements across 3 episodes
4 statements about Preference Stack, every show
Ball: Raising $100M too early eliminates moderate exit outcomes for founders
“There are companies that could be sold for a 102 hundred million dollars that results in life-changing outcomes for founders and early employees. If you raised a hundred million dollars too early, that exit path is no longer on the table. You can't sell the bu…”
Friedberg: 70-80% of late-stage startups are below their preference stack
“In the private market, you've got to assume that something in that late stage market is on the order of 70, 80% is worth less than their preference stack.”
Chamath: VCs accept inflated valuations because preference stacks protect them
“So this is why venture investors have an incentive to pay and set these crazy valuations because they don't really care what the valuation is as much as they care how much of all this preference is building. And do I rationally believe That the liquidation val…”
Sacks: Over-capitalized startups must create employee carve-outs for acquisition exits
“The other thing is that if you're in a turnaround situation where you're actually worried that the pref stack is larger than the value of the company. In other words, more money has gone into the company than the company may be worth at exit. Then what you nee…”