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Jason Lemkin

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

The dilution is viewed from like a venture perspective or startup perspective is unknowable.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

The dilution is viewed from like a venture perspective or startup perspective is unknowable.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

I mean, it's tieable.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

I mean, it's tieable.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

It's unseeable.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

It's unseeable.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

But if they really thought that payback was so quickly, wouldn't you issue debt and have no dilution?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

But if they really thought that payback was so quickly, wouldn't you issue debt and have no dilution?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

Because 80 billion is still 80 billion of dilution, right?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

Because 80 billion is still 80 billion of dilution, right?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

To be neutral, they're going to ultimately have to repurchase 80 billion of cash to get those shares back, right?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

To be neutral, they're going to ultimately have to repurchase 80 billion of cash to get those shares back, right?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

So wouldn't you do debt if you thought you could get to pay it back in any reasonable amount of time?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

So wouldn't you do debt if you thought you could get to pay it back in any reasonable amount of time?

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

Well, certainly it insulates you from any colds or flus you get in the debt market on any given week or month.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

Well, certainly it insulates you from any colds or flus you get in the debt market on any given week or month.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

At least you don't have to worry about the vagaries of the debt markets, which do have micropanics.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

At least you don't have to worry about the vagaries of the debt markets, which do have micropanics.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

They do have micropanics.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: Anthropic Files to Go Public | Token Budgeting Panic Hits Corporate America | Cognition Raises $1BN at $26BN Valuation | Apollo Warns PE Software Returns Will be Disastrous | The 9-9-6 Work Ethic: Performative Theatre or Startup Reality?

They do have micropanics.