Macro issues loom large
Kate Reznykova
August 03, 2022
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I think the last two years may have been the "frenzy" stage, with valuations exceeding 100x forward revenue. As economic conditions change — inflation, interest rates increase, public software deflation — we will likely see a downturn. VC will likely become less attractive on a relative basis while remaining attractive compared to other asset classes. Valuations will revert to the historical mean. It will take time because the fundraising and investment cycle is long, but it will happen. There will be some companies who do not make it through this transition, and it will have an impact on the entire industry, even for companies that are healthy from a fundamental perspective.
Will raising rates cause an economic downturn? Maybe. If that happens, will budgets get reduced? It's hard to say, but it's certainly reasonable to believe that some would.
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Absolute madness that Elon doesn't want to run Twitter, the Twitter board doesn't want to run Twitter, Twitter has 8,000 pple shipping random stuff nobody asked for bc who cares anymore, and the rest of us are carrying on like biz as usual
TWTR is a $30b public company lmao
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