Category season file
Reading options early and staying at the table.
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What did this move burn?
The venture capital power law explains why investors chase 10x outcomes instead of safe exits — and why one company has to carry an entire fund.
What did this move burn?
Acquisition, acquihire, IPO, and secondary sale get treated like synonyms for the same event, but each one pays out differently, arrives at a different stage, and rewards a different kind of company — here's what actually separates the main startup exit types.
What did this move burn?
Read the discounts that a scattered roadmap, weak metrics, and the wrong customer mix create at the acquisition table.