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Founders and VCs rarely align on $5M to $10M exit outcomes
“It's actually fairly rare that entrepreneurs and VCs are totally aligned in that entrepreneurs can have great outcomes with five to ten million dollar businesses, and VCs can't, and that's not their model, and the second they get a whiff that something is movi…”
Jake Kring Jan 4, 2020 ▶ 14:26 1624 Why This Founder is Totally Happy Running 2 Businesses At Once
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Venture capital discards great businesses that do not fit unicorn molds
“There's a lot of great businesses that get, that are sort of the exhaust of the VC ecosystem that get left in the dust because they don't fit the unicorn mold. And that's too bad because a lot of that value gets lost.”
Jake Kring Jan 4, 2020 ▶ 15:00 1624 Why This Founder is Totally Happy Running 2 Businesses At Once
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Strong e-commerce businesses achieve EBITDA margins between 30% and 40%
“Good e-commerce margins are in the 30 to 40 range.”
Jake Kring Jan 4, 2020 ▶ 10:08 1624 Why This Founder is Totally Happy Running 2 Businesses At Once
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