Disrupting disruption with disruptive disruptions since 2010.
The process of determining whether you've achieved product-market fit—usually involving delusional founders, skeptical board members, and contradictory metrics.
Being the first to boldly venture into uncharted territory—whether that's a new market, technology, or increasingly, a niche on TikTok. The marketing term for 'we did it before it was cool.'
A carefully crafted 60-second monologue designed to convince investors that your app idea will revolutionize humanity, delivered with the energy of someone who hasn't slept in 48 hours.
The right for existing investors to maintain their ownership percentage by investing in future rounds. It's investor speak for 'we get first dibs on new money.'
Pre-money is the company's value before funding; post-money is the value after. The difference is the amount you're raising.
The special shares VCs get that have extra rights and protections—the VIP section of the cap table.
The startup maneuver of jumping into mobile app development because 'that's where all the users are,' often destroying a working web product in the process.
When a startup realizes their original idea won't work and dramatically changes direction—either genius adaptation or admitting failure dressed up as strategy.
A business model where users interact directly with each other rather than with the company. It's appealing because network effects theoretically create moats, but achieving them is harder than VC partners admit.