How not to get burned by rising strike prices in today’s startup job markets

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So, uh…anybody noticed how companies seem to be raising money way faster these days? I’ll admit, I haven’t actually looked at the raw data to confirm this (mostly because I’m too lazy to try to pull that data from Pitchbook), but I’m fairly certain that two things are happening (and here’s a more informed VC perspective on what’s happening):

1. Hot rounds are happening in split seconds (I’ve heard a number of…