Startup Exit
topic on 2 shows · 7 statements across 7 episodes
Startups For the Rest of Us 
20VC
7 statements about Startup Exit, every show
Lemkin: A $100 billion startup exit will happen within a year
“The big exits will solve it, right? The whizzes and the, I mean, we thought whizz was big. Now we have cursor. Now I'm going to win the bet of a hundred billion dollar exit in the next year.”
The skills used to build a startup actively hinder successful exits
“During the course of running your business, you've learned how to build, how to sell your product, how to market, how to lead your team, how to build a profitable company. None of those skills apply to what you're about to do. In fact, the main drivers that go…”
Walling: Startup exit outcomes do not depend on tech stack choice
“Unless you're written in a really odd stack that no one can find developers for, no one's heard of, usually an exit is not going to depend on your tech stack. Again, if you're using one of the standard tech stacks, it's not going to be a big deal.”
Vollset: Pre-revenue VC funding effectively eliminates $20M to $50M exit optionality
“Like you can raise with just an idea or a deck or just a It's a team or whatever, but then the vision has to be big, and that does usually exclude you or preclude you from actually doing the kind of exit where like at 20 or fifty million bucks, because just th…”
Dr. Sherry Walling: Company Exits Involve Substantial Grief Despite Big Paydays
“And there is so much grief that goes along with that, even if it's a great payday, even if it's the thing that they worked for and they wanted. It's still this major shift, and there are lots of losses.”
Founders are happier when they stop expecting post-exit euphoria
“Yeah, and I guess happier in between if you know that you're not going to get this big burst of happiness at a certain point.”
Startup exits feel more like relief than pure celebration
“I think before you do a startup, you always envision that there's this moment where, you know, everyone is jumping up and down and celebrating, and at least in my experience, it's been, you know, it's obviously very exciting to be involved in a company that ge…”