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You know about UNICORN 🦄 but do you know these terms ? Unicorn companies are privately held startups worth more than $1 billion. Aside from them, there are additional terms in which an animal is compared to startups for easier categorization. --

Diversification The Tale of Maya’s Golden Basket Maya lived in a village known for its unpredictable weather. She inherited a large piece of land and decided to use it wisely. One day, the village elder shared a piece of advice: “Never put all your

Sequoia’s Product-Market Fit (PMF) Framework PMF is not a single “aha!” moment. It’s a spectrum. Sequoia studied thousands of early-stage startups and realized most founders fall into one of 3 PMF archetypes. The big questions: - Where are YOU on t

1. What is a moat really: A moat is a company’s ability to earn returns well above its cost of capital and keep doing it for years. Two things matter. One is how large those returns are. The other is how long they’ll last before competition catches u

Why Metrics Matter More Than Ideas in VC Funding. 🚀✨️ Be good at your numbers. You’ve got a bold vision and a slick pitch deck. But the moment you step into a VC meeting, the conversation shifts from your idea to your numbers. Why? Because VCs d

Day 12 The Syndicate That Built Silicon Valley: A Tale of The PayPal Mafia In the wild west of the late 1990s dot-com boom, two outfits were squaring off. On one side, Max Levchin and Peter Thiel ran Confinity, dealing in PalmPilot software and secur

It starts in the scraps. Not the glamorous kind. Not the “quit your job, raise a round, change the world” story. This one begins in the odd hours—after work, before sleep, during lunch breaks. It’s a Google Doc. A dusty skill. A weird obsession turn