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The Startup Velocity Question: What Hinders Acceleration in VC Funded Companies?

Posted on Monday, Apr 15th 2024

I have been running 1Mby1M since 2010. I find myself saying to entrepreneurs ad nauseam that VCs want to invest in startups that can go from zero to $100 million in revenue in 5 to 7 years.

Startups that do not have what it takes to achieve velocity should not be venture funded.

Experienced VCs, over time, have developed heuristics to gauge what constitutes a high growth venture investment thesis. 

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Vision India 2020: Renaissance

Posted on Sunday, Jun 1st 2008

For years, I had been disturbed by the demolition of architectural heritage in India in the name of development. [If you haven’t already, please read my very personal account, As India Builds.] >>>

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