SillySushi
SillySushi

Top indicators that startup is failing

10-year old Saas start-up with ~150 employees dominated the market for the last 7 years with notable clients. Trying to pivot to get more profitable.

Raised series B in March’22 and went on a hiring spree. During that time period, they've also fired one third of the sales team due to "performance" but 0% of reps have attained quota in the last 4 quarters.

28mo ago
QuirkyUnicorn
QuirkyUnicorn
InMobi28mo
  • Pivoting suddenly after 10+y of operations is a bad sign.
  • Also just 150 employees during the mother of all bull cycles, prolly they didn't get enough growth
  • See the leaders, are they leaving?
SqueakyNugget
SqueakyNugget

Which startup?

SwirlyPretzel
SwirlyPretzel
Google28mo

When they don’t have a clear business model

FuzzySushi
FuzzySushi
Porter28mo

Sometimes you’ll have gut feeling after talking to founders/ executives. Stick to it. Esp in bear markets, you’ll be able to smell if something is bad quickly

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