> agree with the child posters but they don't really answer the question of why $1B is important for the valuation in a way that, say, $990M would not be. Bran

> agree with the child posters but they don't really answer the question of why $1B is important for the valuation in a way that, say, $990M would not be. Brand value / free marketing. Hitting the 1B threshold unlocks a lot of publicity that 990 million doesn’t. The buzz that it generates aids both sales and recruiting efforts.