Steve Lord
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944 appearances
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first heard Jul 2025
last heard 7 Apr
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Uh so I think it's still a good conversation for them to have, but they're still driving hard on Val.
Something to point out for the the founders that are listening.
You are not without good arguments to counter those conversations, right?
Because if you're attractive enough for the VC to be looking at you to invest, you have business case reasons to defend your valuation.
Don't don't be crazy, right?
But don't blink necessarily.
assume that the VC is gonna try to knock your valuation down and have good reasons why they should
Pay up, you know, a little bit higher on valuation.
I think um, particularly because of the valuation conversation, safe notes continue to be a pretty popular mechanism because it does sort of delay that combo.
So particularly for I'd say seed and maybe early A.
Founders try to try to get the first capital in the door on a safe.
And if you need help understanding what I just said, you know, give us a shout.
Yes, no.
We'd love to help.
Because that's a pretty functional mechanism to get capital into your business and avoid some of this difficult conversation until the business is more mature.
That makes sense.
That's that's
That would stick to the traditional calendar for
activity.
Same with MA.
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