Disrupting disruption with disruptive disruptions since 2010.
Raising capital because competitors are raising, creating a false sense of urgency and resulting in overvalued rounds where founders convince themselves they're winning when they're actually losing market share.
The panic investors feel when they suspect they're about to miss a hot deal or investment opportunity. The invisible hand that closes funding rounds at 11:59 PM on Friday.
A philosophy where you validate ideas quickly through experimentation rather than careful planning—basically expensive trial and error with a catchy name.
Whether an investor believes the founder is capable of building the company they're pitching—basically an investor betting on your charisma and work ethic rather than your idea.
When secondary investors rely on a lead investor's due diligence rather than doing their own—lazy investing enabled by information asymmetry.
A funding round where the valuation is identical to (or extremely close to) the previous round's valuation, which founders desperately pretend is actually good news.
Raising money primarily because everyone else is doing it and you're afraid of missing out, rather than because you actually need it. The startup equivalent of peer pressure at a middle school dance.