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Terrence Rohan

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Terrence Rohan

@tmrohan

Seed Investor: Figma, Granola, Notion, Legora, Robinhood, Vanta, etc.

San Francisco, CA

Joined April 2009

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Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
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.
Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
Jan 15, 2023
Incredible, there are currently 1,205 unicorns ($B+ valuations).
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Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
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
@tmrohan
Mar 11, 2022
Who introduces you to a VC fund matters 10x more than you think.
Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
Jan 31, 2023
A startup with 35 employees has an average of 102 SaaS tools.
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Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
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
@tmrohan
Feb 8, 2023
The less you need Venture Capital the more Venture Capital wants you.
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Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
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
@tmrohan
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
@tmrohan
Dec 10, 2021
Seed valuations now range from $5m to $150m.
Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
Jun 20, 2022
Seed is the only essential round. From there, Venture Capital is best viewed as useful but optional.
Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
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 📸
Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
Jan 12, 2024
Silicon Valley’s main competitive advantage is optimism.
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Terrence Rohan
@tmrohan
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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