venture-backed startups
3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Aug 16, 2022 by Joe Speiser · across every show →
Everything said about venture-backed startups, oldest first
Aug 16, 2022 bearish
Startups that raised $40M will sell for $1M-$2M within 12 months
“And then the other thing I'm looking for is I'm waiting for that like company that raised 30, forty million dollars and now burned through it all, but built an amazing piece of tech to go and micro acquire and sell for a million or two. Like, It's inevitable. …”
Feb 27, 2024 neutral
Feb 27, 2024
Schroter: Cash-poor startups get abandoned despite having valuable assets
“When a startup runs out of cash, everybody kind of runs for the hills. The founders are like in a broken cap table where they have no upside, so like, hey, I'm out of here. The investor is like, well, hey, there's no one to run it, and there's no money, so we'…”