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Opinion
Bussgang rejects requirement for day-one positive unit economics for startups
“I totally disagree with that VC, and I'll give you an example. So, and the reason I disagree is that there are cases where equity value creation is achieved through adoption-focused strategies. I'll give you two examples. One is in our portfolio, one is MongoD…”
Jeff Busgang Jul 18, 2016 ▶ 14:58 20VC: Flybridge's Jeff Bussgang on Why It Is Not All About Unit Economics & Why VCs Are Big Data Decision Makers
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Codecademy launched three days before YC Demo Day after 12 pivots
“They started and killed, like, 12 ideas over the course of Y Combinator, and then three days before Demo Day launched Codecademy, and got to 300 and something thousand signups in the 72 hours before they presented at Demo Day.”
Peter Reinhardt Apr 22, 2021 ▶ 5:50 20VC: Segment Founder Peter Reinhardt on His Learning Process, How Great Leaders Listen and Encourage Debate within Their Organisation & How To Use Data Intelligently To Improve Decision-Making
Disclosure
Hanson Learned Basic HTML and CSS on Codecademy for Technical Literacy
“For myself, not having a technical background, I mean, I went on to Code Academy and you know, I took the HTML and you know, CSS course just so that I actually knew what, you know, title tags were and how to do basic CSS.”
Richard Hanson Jan 1, 2016 ▶ 12:15 20VC FF 028: Where To Start Your Startup and Single Founder vs Co-Founder Model with Richard Hanson, Co-Founder & CEO @ HiringScreen
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