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    Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jun 13

    I just can’t wrap my mind around what would make a company come off a $100m fundraise and then say, “Alright, let’s go raise another $250m”

    7:16 PM - 13 Jun 2018
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      2. Jonathan Van‏ @JohnnyHVan Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I feel fairly confident they aren't thinking let's go raise another $250M as much as its also every VC and their mother screaming "TAKE MY MONEY"

        2 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jun 13
        Replying to @JohnnyHVan

        That is absolutely a real phenomenon

        1 reply 1 retweet 8 likes
      4. Jonathan Van‏ @JohnnyHVan Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Kind of like Masa at Softbank telling a founder he will ONLY invest $300M vs. the $100M asked for. What is a founder to do...?

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      5. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jun 13
        Replying to @JohnnyHVan

        Ya but I mean Sequoia doesn’t play that way

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      2. Seth Rosenberg‏ @SethGRosenberg Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Winning in a capital intensive market

        2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      3. Austen Allred‏Verified account @AustenAllred Jun 13
        Replying to @SethGRosenberg

        I want to hear your stories from the inside someday. I know you’ve been in those pitches don’t even pretend like you haven’t

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Seth Rosenberg‏ @SethGRosenberg Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Lambda course on Scooter economics 🛴

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      2. Ali Hamed‏ @AliBHamed Jun 14
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        It’s capital allocation. As a CEO you have an obligation to take cheap capital when you can get it. Slack did this a long time ago. Plus if you think the market might turn in the next 12 months, having a war chest of cheap, $350M of capital allows you to grow when others can’t.

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      3. Ali Hamed‏ @AliBHamed Jun 14
        Replying to @AliBHamed @AustenAllred

        There are very few companies with $20B+ market cap potential. If you are a $1B fund you HAVE to be in one of them to make your fund make sense. And the founder HAS to take $250M offered if it’s at such a high price of the shareholders (rightly) would be pissed.

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      1. Ryan Delk‏Verified account @delk Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        They aren’t initiating any of it.

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      1. Jake Zeller‏ @jake_zeller Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Raise when you can, not when you need to. Best from a position of strength.

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      1. Chris Marra‏ @chrismarra Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        This is my favorite article on fundraising, for this quote: Q: "So do you think Slack is worth $3 billion?" A. "It is, because people say it is."https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/is-slack-really-worth-2-8-billion-a-conversation-with-stewart-butterfield/ …

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      1. Laura‏ @ContextSans Jun 14
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        “War chest”

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      1. Alex Iskold  🗽‏ @alexiskold Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        Why do people do the crazy things they do? Because they can.

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      2. Phil Chacko‏ @philchacko Jun 14
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I don’t love the kingmaking dynamics going on. Suppose VC logic is based on ensuring one co takes each entire market.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Phil Chacko‏ @philchacko Jun 14
        Replying to @philchacko @AustenAllred

        Makes sense based on capital intensive and “clear the field” dynamics if the unit economics are good.

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      2. Sean Patrick Hughes‏ @seanphughes99 Jun 13
        Replying to @AustenAllred

        I’m not sure but I think it’s the $250M...

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