Disrupting disruption with disruptive disruptions since 2010.
A new product or service that fundamentally changes how an industry operates—a term VCs use so often it's become meaningless.
A down round combined with the departure of key executives or massive losses—essentially the startup equivalent of hitting rock bottom while the bank forecloses.
The special circle of Dante's Inferno where VCs ask increasingly absurd questions about your financial projections, customer concentration, and why your revenue is so lumpy.
A venture capitalist's way of asking 'why won't everyone else just copy your idea in six months?' Often answered with 'moat' or 'network effects,' which are sometimes real.
When a startup's problems compound faster than solutions can be implemented. The financial equivalent of a black hole with ping-pong tournaments.