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Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
Seed Investor: Figma, Granola, Notion, Legora, Robinhood, Vanta, etc.
San Francisco, CA
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Jun 18, 2022
    Every single successful startup I know has persevered through at least one: - struggled to raise - co-founder split - failed first product/low early PMF - adversarial board/investors - layoffs These don’t typically hit the headlines, but almost every success has at least one.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Jan 15, 2023
    Incredible, there are currently 1,205 unicorns ($B+ valuations).
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Nov 3, 2023
    I was lucky enough to work at Google ‘05-10. We were in the office, 9a-8p, Mon-Thurs; Friday 9a-5p. Saturday people took off (kinda). Back online Sunday most of the day. I think you miss something profound if you don’t have this work environment early in your career.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Mar 11, 2022
    Who introduces you to a VC fund matters 10x more than you think.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Jan 31, 2023
    A startup with 35 employees has an average of 102 SaaS tools.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Mar 5, 2025
    The founder of a top YC company in the current batch on Venture Capital: "People used to climb Everest and they needed oxygen. Today, people climb it without oxygen. I want to summit Everest and use as little oxygen (VC) as possible." Vibe shift.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Feb 8, 2023
    The less you need Venture Capital the more Venture Capital wants you.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Feb 17, 2023
    In a company with 100 employees, 10 will produce half the work. This is Price’s Law: 50% of the work is produced by the square root of the total employee base.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    May 21, 2024
    Big companies exert low levels of stress. But that stress is often low agency, so you often feel miserable in face of problems. Startups exert high levels of stress. But that stress is often high agency, so you often feel energized in the face of problems.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Dec 10, 2021
    Seed valuations now range from $5m to $150m.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Jun 20, 2022
    Seed is the only essential round. From there, Venture Capital is best viewed as useful but optional.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Feb 15, 2021
    Startups creating tools for startups are ‘startup-to-startup’ or ‘S2S’ co’s 🐥 Atlassian, Slack, Zoom 🐣 Commsor, Figma, Front, Linear, Loom, Mercury, Plaid, Notion, Retool, Runway, Vouch, Vanta, WorkOS.. S2S’s are 🔥 Building for startups is now the best startup market 📸
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Jan 12, 2024
    Silicon Valley’s main competitive advantage is optimism.
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    Terrence Rohan
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    Aug 27, 2025
    VCs commonly underestimate how much founders dislike fundraising. Many founders will simply take an early, reasonable offer, just to be done. Speed and decency wins a surprising number of deals.
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