Companies should figure out what their payroll is, stop paying any bills and tell all your vendors that you're impacted by the Silicon Valley Bank. Some companies with more than 250k accounts were not insured; 97% of SVB's customers are insured. If they can't get access to the funds and they can't do a bridge round with their existing investors, who would be forced to shut down? The board and individuals might be personally liable for those people's salaries. This is where you have to get legal in HR involved.
Jason reacts to Silicon Valley Bank being shut down by the FDIC and breaks down what this means for founders and VCs.
(0:00) Breaking down the SVB situation
(4:28) FDIC press release
(7:41) What Jason hopes will happen
(10:16) Defcon 1
(12:39) Thoughts on emergency funding
(15:46) How does the SVB situation affect early-stage fundraising
(26:59) SVB sells their securities
(29:10) USV email to founders
(31:06) SVB CEO addresses the situation
(33:07) Bill Ackman’s response
(34:31)Mark Suster’s response
(35:52) Audience questions
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