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Excellent resources from top VC firm Sequoia Capital. 1. How to run your startup in a downcycle2. How to extend your runway3. How to lead your team as a startup CEO in uncertain times4. Guide to forecasting & scenario planning#startups #entrepreneurs

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🌿 𝐒𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐢𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥: 𝐄𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬Sequoia Capital, with $85 billion in assets and investments in Apple, ByteDance, and Cisco, offers invaluable advice for startups. 1.Running Your Startup in a Downcycle2.Extending Your Runway3.Leading Your Team as a Startup CEO in Uncertain Times4.Forecasting & Scenario PlanningCheck the must-read resources. #Startup #VentureCapital #SequoiaCapital #Entrepreneurship #BusinessStrategy

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Taking some time to read and take a step back ?Here are some interesting articles to start your Monday routine with ⬇️No overthinking, just doing our best to do right things right and learn from others#tech #magicalrecipes #commonsense #continuouslearning #scaleup

If you are thinking about going to Sillicon Valley (El Dorado in the world of entrepreneurship), it is important that you read what @guillermoflor says, but it is also important that you keep in mind some of these 10 points that are never discussed and that I learned living and entrepreneurship in San Francisco:1) The average number of meetings you'll have to have with decision makers before you get any money is 832) Over 300 meetings if it is with NON decision makers3) The average time you will have to spend in the Valley before getting any money is 2 years4) 99.5% of startups that go to the valley and try, don't make it5) you'll have to set aside about $6,000/month/person for expenses - first hotel, then apartment, then room and board, then probably car, gas, consultants, ....6) Everyone, everyone, everyone, everyone who goes to Silicon Valley, is told that their startup idea is very good, whether it is or not, so they stay7) The ones who always make money are the ones who sell "the shovels" and the "tents", not the ones who pan for gold8) There are many who run out of savings, or go broke trying to make money in the Valley.9) If you finally get major funding from Sequoia or some other company, forget about having a life for the next five years, at leastand 10) Silicon Valley is neither the only nor perhaps the best place to get money for your startup if you are coming from a spanish-speaker country

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No need to introduce Sequoia Capital - they've already built its legacy! However, they also provide great resources for founders/startups such as in the post below, put together by Guillermo Flor - kudos! 'How to extend your runway' should be taken very seriously by anyone IMO.In particular these days, it's crucial to meticulously plan and observe your runway/cashflow, since venture capital is still hard(er) to raise than in 2020/21 periods and funding rounds always take longer than expected. In order to avoid running out of cash and being forced to fire staff and shutting down the business, here are some crucial advices, Sequoia recommends to keep your startup running: ➠ 12(!) months before running out of cash, start to fundraise again➠ Understand your key metrics that you're measuring your runway against (e.g. ARR, Gross Profit, et cetera)➠ There are 3 runway buckets: 1) Existential: <12m runway, extend runway , whatever it takes! 2) Critical: >12m runway, but not enough to reach your next valution milestone 3) Good-to-go: enough runway to reach next round, keep on track & optimize ➝ BE honest to yourself to evaluate in which bucket you actually are!!➠ Extend your runway with the following framework: 1) Understand your current situation by basically analysing your P&L 2) Break the P&L down starting net loss and dividing it into gross margin & OPEX 3) Create a plan to cut expenses under consideration towards the burn impact & ease of execution -> don't expect low-hanging fruits here! 4) Set a goal that is linked to a extension of runway in order to reach a certain milestone, e.g. increase ARR by 10x. This milestone will help to raise the next round. Baseline is to reach a flat round fundraise (no increase in valuation) 5) Execute on that goal and calculate enough runway to reach your goal + 12 months, since you need to start fundraising 12 months before running out of cash#vc #startup #runway

Sequoia Capital 🌿 is one of the mythical venture capital firms from the Bay Area, with around US$85 billion in assets under management and investments like Apple, ByteDance and Cisco.These are 4 great resources for startup founders by Sequoia 👇 1. How to run your startup in a downcycle: https://lnkd.in/dGpnF3Qw2. How to extend your runway: https://lnkd.in/dWYKVy853. How to lead your team as a startup CEO in uncertain times: https://lnkd.in/dM3GNw-y4. Guide to Forecasting & Scenario Planning: https://lnkd.in/deRc7U8f

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A useful guide from the behemoths of the venture capital industry.. #startups #founders #startupfounders

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