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>However, Plato has a problem: and this is that they're venture funded and need to grow both in users, as well as in revenue. Agreed, seems like a tough busine
by nickfromseattle 5y ago
>However, Plato has a problem: and this is that they're venture funded and need to grow both in users, as well as in revenue.
Agreed, seems like a tough business model for VC scale.
But, this is actually a really fantastic product to build career momentum.
I have to imagine Plato's founders are spending a lot of time getting 1:1 mentorship from their platforms top mentors.
I have definitely spent my time creating less productive companies in the last 13 years of my startup journey.
This should set them up well for their next thing.
- SQueeeeeL 5y agoYou're assuming that they're hiring high quality mentors. Most of the people who have the most valuable insights to spread (i.e. civic leaders, CEOs, leaders of fields, professors) would never bother giving their time to this platform because it gets them nothing, and just extracts time and energy from them. So they'll probably just learn from people who don't value their own time and life