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MongoDB Lost $1B Over 10 Years Before Reaching Profitability
“Mongo, we lost a billion dollars before we had a profitable quarter. Over 10 years.”
Kevin Ryan Apr 10, 2024 ▶ 8:42 Kevin Ryan: Are the Best CEOs the Best Fundraisers & Why Ownership Should Not Be a Focus in VC|E1138 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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Kevin Ryan: Early MongoDB downloads grew in a straight line globally
“What you could see is that if I showed you one chart, which is how many people are downloading the Mongo database, that was just a straight line going up to the right. All over the world.”
Kevin Ryan Apr 10, 2024 ▶ 30:06 Kevin Ryan: Are the Best CEOs the Best Fundraisers & Why Ownership Should Not Be a Focus in VC|E1138 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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New York City consistently produces billion-dollar tech exits like Etsy and Tumblr
“New York, we believe, has now shown that it consistently can produce billion plus dollar exits, and so that's companies like Etsy and Mongo and Tumblr and a bunch of others, you know, a bunch of e-commerce companies as well.”
Nicholas Chirls Sep 14, 2015 ▶ 7:19 20 VC 071: Pre-Seed Investing, Why Now Is The Best Time with Nicholas Chirls @ Notation Capital
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