What I would be looking for is closer to "Stable headcount, profitable without venture capital investments and under 30 people in total". Edit: another thing.

What I would be looking for is closer to "Stable headcount, profitable without venture capital investments and under 30 people in total". Edit: another thing. If 80% or more of the total headcount all come from some US-based "top university", the company is also probably not interesting for me.