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Not to take anything away from the angle (which is bang on), but the "we're X people valued at $YBILLIONS" is a weird way to open and detracts from the message.
by popcorncowboy 3y ago
Not to take anything away from the angle (which is bang on), but the "we're X people valued at $YBILLIONS" is a weird way to open and detracts from the message. I suppose it's a proxy for.. seriousness? I dunno. Valuations are just bets on NPV given "what could go right" scenarios, so congrats on having a convincing story to tres commas your val. But opening a pitch on architecture with "we're a small team building a simple numbers app but lol $BILLIONS" and then using some other company (SO) as the case study ref.. ok yup what. This affected casual "#winning but like whatever" style is everywhere now. But I'm a salty old fuck so it's probably just me it offsides.
- troupe 3y ago> "we're X people valued at $YBILLIONS" is a weird way to open and detracts from the message. The most common argument against simpler architecture is, "but that won't scale and we are going to grow to be a valuable company." So the idea that they aren't a $10 million company does seem somewhat relevant.