Startups should be, if you graph their financial performance, it should be what's called a J curve. You start out at zero, you're not making any money, you're not losing any money.
As you start the company, you start spending spending spending ahead of revenue but then you come out of it and very quickly you should become a comp… - Chamath Palihapitiya
As you start the company, you start spending spending spending ahead of revenue but then you come out of it and very quickly you should become a comp…
- Chamath Palihapitiya
If you look at the ecosystem, entrepreneurs as a class have gotten younger, younger, and younger. They also as a class have become less and less and … - Chamath Palihapitiya
If you look at the ecosystem, entrepreneurs as a class have gotten younger, younger, and younger. They also as a class have become less and less and …
The half-life of companies is shrinking. So in the same ease in which you can start a company today to disrupt an incumbent, you have to also realize… - Chamath Palihapitiya
The half-life of companies is shrinking. So in the same ease in which you can start a company today to disrupt an incumbent, you have to also realize…
I would tell startups to just keep your head down, keep building. Your contingency plan, if you have one, should be because you are still spending mo… - Chamath Palihapitiya
I would tell startups to just keep your head down, keep building. Your contingency plan, if you have one, should be because you are still spending mo…
I think the reality is that it's never been a better time to be an entrepreneur, it's never been a better time to work at a startup. You work at a re… - Chamath Palihapitiya
I think the reality is that it's never been a better time to be an entrepreneur, it's never been a better time to work at a startup. You work at a re…
What you should be in a rush for isn't necessarily the immediate monetary return, but it's to know that this equation existing between an employee an… - Chamath Palihapitiya
What you should be in a rush for isn't necessarily the immediate monetary return, but it's to know that this equation existing between an employee an…
The reason to go public is that it is a massive branding, marketing, credibility, trust-building exercise with your customers, and then it allows you… - Chamath Palihapitiya
The reason to go public is that it is a massive branding, marketing, credibility, trust-building exercise with your customers, and then it allows you…
I think unfortunately in this gold rush mentality that we've been in for the last years there has been not enough focus on business model quality. So… - Chamath Palihapitiya
I think unfortunately in this gold rush mentality that we've been in for the last years there has been not enough focus on business model quality. So…
People should absolutely have a point of view about the political process themselves individually, but we're also at a point in the evolution of capi… - Chamath Palihapitiya
People should absolutely have a point of view about the political process themselves individually, but we're also at a point in the evolution of capi…
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