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Will this expense go toward delighting our customer? If the answer is no, then we’re ruthless about cutting it.
The Rebel Allocator
Jacob Taylor
First, the money needs to generate 2.5x net of fees and carry to the investors to deliver a decent return. Fees and carry bump that number to 3x gross returns. So $25bn needs to turn into $75bn per year in proceeds to the venture funds.
The Venture Capital Math Problem
Fred Wilson
A startup is a company designed to grow fast. Being newly founded does not in itself make a company a startup. Nor is it necessary for a startup to work on technology, or take venture funding, or have some sort of “exit.” The only essential thing is growth. Everything else we associate with startups follows from growth.
Traction
Weinberg, Gabriel
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