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Good day, and welcome again to Equity, the podcast in regards to the enterprise of startups, the place we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines.
That is our interview present, the place we sit down with attention-grabbing, educated folks and dive deep into their favourite matters. This time round, we invited Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee to speak via her massive new article concerning the unicorn world. Should you didn’t know, it was Lee who initially coined the time period “unicorn” in a TechCrunch article back in 2013.
Lee talked us via the info and taught us all types of recent phrases. You may type of perceive what one means after they say “unicorpse” or “zombiecorn,” however apparently there are much more unique unicorn varieties on the market. We even wound up evaluating enterprise capital returns to peaches in a bucket of piss (her phrases, not ours!).
We additionally talked about the place unicorns are based mostly at present (19% in New York, for instance), and why seed rounds are getting greater. However actually, you must learn her put up whilst you pay attention so you may have all of the context whereas we chew via the numbers!
And for these of you who’re right here for the reply to our query, “How are Fortune 500 companies ranked?”, nicely, the reply is revenue and never market cap!
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