I recently wrote a post about the negative impact of the Casper IPO on investor sentiment in the Direct-To-Consumer (“DTC”) space. Anytime a company in a sector goes public at a valuation that is less …
Learning From the Casper IPO – Investor Sentiment Shifts Fast
In the world of startups and venture capital, industries move in and out of favor very fast. It doesn’t take much for an industry that’s been attracting huge amounts of investor attention and capital …
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As Long As You Have Cash In The Bank, You’re Still In The Game
With venture rounds bigger than ever, it can be difficult for a founder to make the decision to pull back on growth initiatives and focus on finding the path to profitable growth. Seed rounds used …
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Gross Margin Is Sexy Again
What do WeWork, Uber and Blue Apron all have in common? Two things actually. First, their investors have taken a beating in the past year. WeWork just pulled it's IPO, and might become the …
Build Your Pricing Strategy On The Foundation of Testing and Iteration
Digiday published an interesting piece yesterday on the subscription pricing strategy of the Daily Beast. For those that don’t know, the Daily Beast is a news and opinion site owned by IAC that was …
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Pulling Back The Curtain on the Softbank Vision Fund
If you're interested in the inner workings of the venture capital industry, paying attention to the proposed WeWork IPO is a great place to start. Last week I wrote about the IPO in terms of some of …
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