The Battle of Monthly ARR in SAS

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There is this new contractual ARR wish, right? And that's a big conversation that seems like in SAS. A lot of it is contractual, hasn't yet been realized. Some people can play games with that. So if I got you to sign a three year contract, but you're playing monthly, we don't need to give you credit for the three years,. You know, they can cancel.

For today’s VC Sunday school, Molly asks Jason about valuation- valuing startups (1:44). Then for This Week in Climate Startups, Molly sits down with Ryan Shearman, CEO of Aether, to talk about how Aether makes diamonds using carbon extracted from the atmosphere (37:22).

(0:00) Cold Open
(1:44) VCSS: Valuation- reconsidering valuation, estimating valuation as a function of multiples
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(14:33) Why are some companies so secretive about their valuation?
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(24:31) Bridges, seed extensions, pre-series A
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(31:54) Toss to This Week in Climate Startups
(37:22) TWiCS: Ryan Shearman, CEO of Aether (making diamonds from atmospheric carbon)