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Shishir Mehrotra

7 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 17, 2021 by Shishir Mehrotra · across every show →

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Nov 17, 2021 positive
Opinion
Mehrotra: Valuations surged because tech markets are larger than expected
“I mean, I think the valuations have gone up because the, everybody's realized the markets are a lot bigger than they thought, and so it all sort of trickles down as you see these companies get much, much larger than people expected.”
Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 2:05 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021 positive
Disclosure
Mehrotra: Coda runs secondaries every round, prioritizing employees over founders
“We've done a secondary in every round employees go first, founders go last, and I think that's very important.”
Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 30:37 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021 positive
Insight
Mehrotra: Pitch memo feedback should come from adjacent-stage investors
“One is, when you're pitching take advice from people one stage investors that are one stage forward or back from wherever you're pitching. Just go, you know, you're pitching people for a normal B. Go, go talk to a few people that would normally be C and D rais…”
Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 48:47 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021
Disclosure
Mehrotra: Coda raised a $100M round at a $1.4B valuation
“Ours was a hundred at 1.4. It's a, and heavily oversubscribed, you could easily take it more at a higher price.”
Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 9:07 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021
Insight
Mehrotra: Do not take money if you cannot hit investors' return goals
“I, my view is don't take money from people if you don't think you can hit their investment goals. If you're misaligned with your investors, that's gonna be trouble at some point.”
Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 9:16 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021 positive
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Mehrotra: 60% of Spotify employees sold stock before direct listing IPO
“One stat about Spotify, one of the reasons it worked, 60% of employees had sold at least some stock before the IPO.”
Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 33:08 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
Nov 17, 2021 positive
Insight
Mehrotra: Founders should write the internal investment memo for VC partners
“The one thing I would encourage writing is write the investment memo that you think they should write to their partners. One of the things I think founders often miss is you're pitching a person who's going to become your advocate, right? And then think about …”
Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 44:12 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly
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