When a startup is raising a new round, unless they're default alive (or in the small number like Boom that inherently need multiple rounds to ship), I assume the real reason is not the amazing opportunity they've just discovered, but that they're running out of money.
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Do you think too many startups wait too long before they look to raise ?
Sometimes, but the real problem is that they take too long to become profitable.
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This is particularly a problem for enterprise software, or sales cycles that take forever. Some of the regulated industries are in this bucket, healthcare, corners of fintech, etc. I do 401ks, and industry is ripe for disruption, except... Not so fast.
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I would argue too many people are investing in ideas that have no profitability possible until acquisition.
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I believe that for investments (the good ones, not greedy) to happen, at least the unit economics should make sense. Net profits can happen much later.
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A statement both simple and true.
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You used the P word. Is that a thing anymore?
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I was thinking that fast growth and profit are enemy. What do you think ?
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B2B can be a long cash conversion cycle, but may also be very long tailed. Groupon was once a cash machine. What’s your point here?
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Can you comment on the connection between that and this tweet: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1382351800825696261?s=19 … How do you make something people want but won't pay for and still become profitable? Thoughts?
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Only two models. Freemium or you're the product :)
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