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"Move Fast and Break Things" Fails for SOX-Compliant SaaS Startups
“The idea of move fast and break things really doesn't work if you need to be SOX compliant, and if you're asking your customers to trust you with their financials.”
SimpleLegal Would Have Reached Profitability by Q3 2017 Without Series A
“Had we chosen not to raise money, we would have been profitable by the beginning of the third quarter.”
SimpleLegal Waited Two Years Before Hiring Its First Employee
“We spent 18 months to get it right, but once we saw that it was working, we took another six months before we hired our first employee”
Relying on Continuous VC Funding Availability Is Dangerous for Startups
“VC money is just always around the corner, and if you need more money, you just go and ask for it. It's a dangerous assumption to make, and we've already seen companies that have raised tens of millions of dollars just disappear overnight because they thought …”
Y Combinator Is Not Just for 22-Year-Olds, Says 35-Year-Old Alum
“We went through, I was 35 at the time, and I was not the oldest. So I think the idea that YC is really just for twenty-two-year-olds is, is kind of a myth.”