Round sizes are growing. Valuations are rising. But also, companies are maturing.
The average Seed stage startup today is as old as the average Series A startup was 10 years ago. Same for Series B and so-on.
So true. I've seen that VCs want to see a lot more traction than just an idea when pitching for Seed funding.
Rising valuations = rising delusions. Just because a startup has age doesn’t mean it’s not still a toddler throwing tantrums!
Bigger checks and inflated valuations? Sounds like a bubble waiting to burst!
ZIRP ended and everything went up. So clear man.
Source?
-Online brands are expanding offline to achieve scale -Late stage startups are gearing towards profitability earlier than planned -Biz models built on behavior during Covid are struggling (like edtech) -Startups which got funded due t...
I heard that even VCs like Sequoia and Matrix Venture Partners are laying off people
Sequoia has laid off 3 Analysts, 1 VP and 1 associate and Matrix has laid off 5-6 people
Any thoughts? Is it true?
#layoffs
Hiring for a bunch of roles for an early stage startup. Salaries of people who have been laid off is through the roof
2-3 years experience asking for 30-40l and while we chose not to judge the experience and spoke to a few of them, mo...
If you are paid less, don’t extrapolate it on others. If they are willing to wait, let them. You should keep praying ...
Hello grapevines! Need your help/opinion here. I work for a big corp. ~6YOE. 48L.
The work culture here seems a bit off. Constant pressure to compete and snatch the work and prove oneself. Chaos is being glorified. Onsite team is unresp...
I love to read about tech and how startups evolved. Have spent a lot of time figuring out how the good product companies in the US got built: Google, FB, Instagram, Snap, Pinterest etc. etc.
One thing stands out: A lot of these start...
This is an actually very true. I’ve seen developers who are very good in the stuff they do but lack the thinking...