@grantbelden@OnlyCFO Yes, they should. And if smaller companies have more ramping reps with easier quotas, that could skew the number. Would love to understand the methodology used.
@laureltoosure@Meta Not shocking. I had a similar experience. Best part is you get a new rep every three months so there is no continuity in the conversation
The challenge for late stage private software companies - Hashicorp and Confluent are trading at 4x NTM revenue. And these are great companies. At an exit multiple anywhere near that, the vast majority of late stage software companies will never grow into their last round valuation.
Everyone assumes they'll get a premium exit multiple of ~10x+ NTM revenue because they're growing fast now (generally at a much smaller scale). But very very few software companies ever trade (ie exit) at 10x rev, and an even smaller number can sustain it. The reality is very few companies can maintain 30-50%+ growth at $300M+ ARR. Doesn't matter if you're growing 50-100% at $100m ARR today...multiple compression as growth slows comes for everyone
@chamath Plenty of HOA that have rules that stop it. My point is that vast majority of homeowners (98%) have grid tied solar systems. I think it takes longer to get people to switch to off grid systems
@unusual_whales They do have trading plans that have to be locked 2Q prior… question should be when did they put those plans in place. Did they already know what was going to happen?