Edith Harbaugh

12 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 4 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 17, 2021 by Edith Harbaugh · said 4 times in 3 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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Nov 17, 2021 negative
Opinion
Harbaugh: Active founders managing venture funds is weird
“I think it's weird, to be honest. Like, I have a full-time job. Like, I'm CEO and founder of LaunchDarkly. That's a full-time job.”
Edith Harbaugh Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 37:03 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021 bearish
Insight
Harbaugh: Raising solely from operators increases follow-on financing and pro rata risks
“I think the risk with that is that the pro rata and a lot of risks and subsequent rounds just gets bigger and bigger and bigger.”
Edith Harbaugh Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 38:21 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021 positive
Insight
Harbaugh: Meet one VC monthly to avoid cold fundraising starts
“To build the actual relationship, I do really like it sounds stereotypical, but like a coffee or a lunch, and just slotting that into your schedule every month. So that way you can be 12 different VCs in a year. And so that when it is time to actually run a fu…”
Edith Harbaugh Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 48:18 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021
Disclosure
Harbaugh: LaunchDarkly raised $200M Series D at $3B valuation
“Yeah, so we announced our Series D of two hundred million at a three billion valuation, which is pretty fun to say, by the way.”
Edith Harbaugh Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 0:36 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Jun 20, 2023
Insight
Harbaugh: $1M ARR hires build systems while $50M ARR hires operate them
“Every single one of these phases of one, five, 10, 20, and fifty million, you're probably going to be hiring completely different people. The people you're hiring at one million are the people that want to build the machine. The people you're going to hire at …”
Edith Harbaugh Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 11:33 Scaling to $100M ARR: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid From LaunchDarkly Co-Founder Edith Harbaugh
Jun 20, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Harbaugh: LaunchDarkly had no full-time finance hire until Series B
“We did not have a full-time finance person until our B round. So up until our B round, I was still running all the models and the spreadsheets.”
Edith Harbaugh Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 15:20 Scaling to $100M ARR: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid From LaunchDarkly Co-Founder Edith Harbaugh
Jun 20, 2023
Insight
Harbaugh: Low initial SaaS pricing anchors customers for life against upgrading
“What happens if you have a customer that is paying you 29, 79 dollars a month, is that you have anchored them for life, that this is a product that is worth 79 dollars a month. So, no matter how much you have other customers who are now paying a lot more and g…”
Edith Harbaugh Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 19:36 Scaling to $100M ARR: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid From LaunchDarkly Co-Founder Edith Harbaugh
Jun 20, 2023 negative
Insight
Harbaugh: Informal 'no-deck' VC chats are evaluated as high-stakes pitches
“And they said, you know, come in, you don't have to have a deck, just come in and talk to the partners. And I was like, okay, sure. And this was a huge mistake. I went into this, what turned out to be a partner meeting, and I was completely unprepared. I had l…”
Edith Harbaugh Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 9:19 Scaling to $100M ARR: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid From LaunchDarkly Co-Founder Edith Harbaugh
Jun 20, 2023
Insight
Harbaugh: Enterprise software must price high because procurement expects 10% discounts
“If you're in an enterprise sales cycle, people expect you to ask for money. People are paying for a premium service. They're paying for a premium ELA. They expect it to be higher. Ah, and the insidious thing is that they also expect it to go to procurement and…”
Edith Harbaugh Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 18:30 Scaling to $100M ARR: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid From LaunchDarkly Co-Founder Edith Harbaugh
Jun 20, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Harbaugh: LaunchDarkly's 'work is not life' value was weaponized against deadlines
“What happened with this work is not life value was that people started weaponizing it of, we don't have deadlines. I don't owe my other teams anything. Or, I don't really have to work very hard at all.”
Edith Harbaugh Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 24:31 Scaling to $100M ARR: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid From LaunchDarkly Co-Founder Edith Harbaugh
Jun 20, 2023
Disclosure
Harbaugh: Early LaunchDarkly customers completely rejected self-serve credit card signups
“Our first attempt at pricing was we tried to go cheap and cheerful. We had a click through where you could go and sign up with a credit card. Easy peasy. Don't need salespeople. What happened for us is that absolutely nobody wanted to use our click through agr…”
Edith Harbaugh Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 17:26 Scaling to $100M ARR: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid From LaunchDarkly Co-Founder Edith Harbaugh
Jun 20, 2023 positive
Insight
Harbaugh: 500+ person companies need outside consultants to refresh company values
“When you're eight people, you can do a survey of your company very quickly. Ah, when you're 500 plus worldwide, you actually want a consultant who can come in and interview people, run focus groups, and get real input.”
Edith Harbaugh Jun 20, 2023 ▶ 25:12 Scaling to $100M ARR: The Top 10 Mistakes to Avoid From LaunchDarkly Co-Founder Edith Harbaugh
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