fundraising

5 statements across 5 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jul 4, 2017 by Allan Wille · across every show →

Everything said about fundraising, oldest first

Jul 4, 2017
Insight
Wille: Founders should avoid excessive valuation multiples they cannot grow into
“So a bigger valuation multiple is not always what you want. I'm always a big, big fan of it's gotta be fair for both parties. And that includes the terms as well as the valuation multiple, you know, but you have to be able to grow into that and, you know, the …”
Allan Wille Jul 4, 2017 ▶ 11:49 710: How This SaaS Company is Using $20 Million to Scale
Jan 8, 2019 negative
Opinion
Chawla: Accelerators judging success by fundraising is ridiculous
“And when you're an accelerator program the mark of success is how, is raising more money. Which is ridiculous.”
Anil Chawla Jan 8, 2019 ▶ 5:11 1263 1500 Governement Agencies Pay Him $2400/yr To Archive Social Media
Oct 12, 2022 negative
Insight
Prados: Never try to raise VC capital during the summer
“Don't ever try to raise during summer. It was on vacation. Nobody wants to like make meetings and stuff. So it's very hard to get VC firms to do anything during that time.”
Matt Prados Oct 12, 2022 ▶ 13:01 $100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation
Jul 27, 2023 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Raising venture capital almost killed Cleeng
“How the fundraising almost killed us. That's literally what happened at that moment. We raised money. We were super happy, but actually it turned out not to be the best best choice in our life.”
Gilles Domartini Jul 27, 2023 ▶ 1:22 From (almost) bankruptcy to $20M ARR / $2M profit within 3 years
May 28, 2024
Insight
Founders only have three jobs: selling, corp dev, and fundraising
“I believe that founders have three jobs. Sell, corporate development, fundraising. That's what you need to do in life, right?”
Dror Liwer May 28, 2024 ▶ 11:16 Coro Announces $100m Live on the Show, Their Partnership Playbook
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