The thing is, the vast majority of people asking the question will have no idea how to interpret it, and there are actually legitimate issues with privacy there.
I mean - I think it's fully legit for people to have a 'broad sense of the state of the company' - and companies should be prepared to speak to it in some way. But not exactly in the way people are asking.
If financing rounds are public, then at least there's that, and it's possible to 'very crudely guess' where companies are at.
I mean - I think it's fully legit for people to have a 'broad sense of the state of the company' - and companies should be prepared to speak to it in some way. But not exactly in the way people are asking.
If financing rounds are public, then at least there's that, and it's possible to 'very crudely guess' where companies are at.