The Eigencast 004: Austin McChord, Founder and CEO, Datto
Justin talks to Datto Founder and CEO Austin McChord about not using public cloud, not using VC money, and not selling your company for $100 million. Read More
Justin talks to Datto Founder and CEO Austin McChord about not using public cloud, not using VC money, and not selling your company for $100 million. Read More
If you haven’t read them already, check out Part 1 and Part 2 in this series. We discussed the rule of thumb for investor returns of 10-20x money raised in the first post in this series. Let’s have a look at some numbers that we actually know to see if… Read More
If you haven’t read it already, check out Part 1 in this series. Last time we went through a quick primer on capital markets to provide the context for how tech company financing works. Now we’re going to look at what funding rounds mean and why getting a bunch of… Read More
My strategy professor in business school had an amusing phrase to describe companies who take on too much external funding. He said they had an “OPM” problem: Other People’s Money. The issue with taking Other People’s Money is that, usually, they want it back. With interest. It’s basically how the… Read More