Golan: Valuation is meaningless if deal terms are crazy
Danny Golan · 686: $225M Raised by Data Focused Ex-Isralei Fighter Pilot, is Kaminario Next IPO? With CEO Dani Golan · Jun 10, 2017 · at 10:39
Danny Golan, CEO of enterprise flash storage provider Kaminario, argues that founders should avoid vanity valuations that require harsh investor liquidation preferences.
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“Valuation is bullshit if you have crazy terms. And the terms mathematically simply by math are far more important than the actual valuation.”
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