unicorn startup
also referred to as: unicorn startups
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 3 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 14, 2020 by David Heinemeier Hansson · across every show →
Everything said about unicorn startup, oldest first
Apr 14, 2020 bearish
DHH: At Least Half of Unicorn Startups Are Morally Deplorable
“Our advocacy has been, don't fucking chase being a unicorn. Being a unicorn is a shitty place to be for most people most of the time, and the kinds of companies that come out of that that are unicorns, half or more of them are totally morally deplorable, and y…”
Jan 13, 2023 bearish
Sep 20, 2023 bearish
Lemkin: Many unicorn founders will quiet quit under crushing valuations
“I, I'm, I think a lot of them will quiet quit. Like, I raised three hundred million and a billion. I can't see it, Eric. Like, I could see, great, there's a two hundred million dollar exit, and yeah, I'll get a carve out, and I'll make some money, but I can't …”