How to Be a Good Time for Us to Catch Up With You

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Bob Greene: I've been here long enough that founders are starting to boomerang. We're having follow up calls like based on to find out where they are with the business and now. He says, hey, let's talk in six months, maybe you figure something out, maybe a pivot. But we'd love to catch up with you in six, 12 months. Sometimes I'll even give them a benchmark. Hey, when you get 10 customers, that'd be a good time.

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
(13:16) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist
(14:33) Why are some companies so secretive about their valuation?
(23:17) BetterHelp - Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/twist
(24:31) Bridges, seed extensions, pre-series A
(30:38) Microsoft for Startups Hub - Apply in 5 minutes, no funding required, sign up at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups
(31:54) Toss to This Week in Climate Startups
(37:22) TWiCS: Ryan Shearman, CEO of Aether (making diamonds from atmospheric carbon)