Shishir Mehrotra

Chief Executive Officer, Superhuman · 1 appearance on the record.

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Mehrotra co-founded the all-in-one workspace platform Coda and previously served as the head of product, engineering, and UX at YouTube under Google. Today, he leads Superhuman as CEO and serves on the board of Spotify.

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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

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Mehrotra: VCs Relying Solely on Fees Cannot Sustain Great Funds

“It's absolutely not true that a VC that makes all their money off fees is going to continue to raise great funds.”

Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 22:05 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly

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

Disclosure

Mehrotra: 20% of every Coda employee's equity is Founders Preferred Stock

“At Coda, every employee, 20% of their stock is founders preferred.”

Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 35:27 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly

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

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

Insight

Mehrotra: Pitch Investors with Your Actual Internal Board Deck

“I always, my view of it is show your investors your board deck that you use to run your own company. And if you're not willing to do that, then that's a problem because you're running a company differently.”

Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 21:32 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly

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

Insight

Mehrotra: Compress fundraising timelines to maximize investor FOMO

“The biggest thing I tell people is compress the process. You can, you know, I think one thing we can all agree on, you should spend most of your time not fundraising, and so do whatever you can to take that process, and when you start it, finish it as fast as …”

Shishir Mehrotra Nov 17, 2021 ▶ 39:37 The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, LaunchDarkly

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

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

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
The Highs and Lows of Fundraising from Founders That Have Raised $1B w/ Calendly, Coda, La	Nov 17, 2021	10m

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