Disrupting disruption with disruptive disruptions since 2010.
Developing within existing codebase and systems, guaranteed to be slower and more frustrating than greenfield development but somehow more realistic about constraints.
Business-to-business sales model where your customer is another company that will spend six months getting approval to buy from you.
To officially embark on a vessel, aircraft, or train after security clearance; also corporate-speak for officially joining a project or organization after onboarding procedures. The moment of no return, metaphorically speaking.
A group of experienced people who provide strategic guidance to your startup in exchange for equity and the dubious honor of helping you avoid catastrophic mistakes.
A pharmaceutical or medical device startup valued at $1B+ despite not yet proving its technology works or generating revenue. Faith-based valuation meets venture capital.
Business-to-consumer sales model where your customer is an individual who will never read your terms of service and might churn after one bad experience.
Companies created in cohorts through accelerator programs like Y Combinator, characterized by shared learning and networking within their cohort group.
Business-to-Business (B2B) means selling to companies that have budgets and painful problems; B2C means selling to individuals who have wallets and abandon software at the slightest inconvenience.
Spending investor money so quickly that your company will crash-land in months unless revenue magically appears or more funding materializes.
An unpredictable, high-impact event (like a pandemic or 2008 financial crisis) that destroys startups with poor runway planning; basically 'God's RNG function running against you.'