{"id":4263,"date":"2020-02-17T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/?p=4263"},"modified":"2020-03-07T16:24:48","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T10:54:48","slug":"how-did-unicorns-look-like-as-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitch.link\/blog\/how-did-unicorns-look-like-as-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"How did Unicorns look like as startups?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a question that comes up often and Ali Tamaseb, partner DCVC, spent 300 hours analyzing public data, talking to founders and combing through Crunchbase and PitchBook on exaclty this topic . <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The questions he had included:
* How many competitors did they have when they started?
* What were their defensibility\/moats?
* Did the founders have work experience in the same sector\/industry? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a sample of what he found:
1. These companies had, what he calls \u2018Super Founders\u201d – those had a exit of $50m or an ARR of $10m+
2. Directly Relevant Industry Experience Does Not Matter;
3. The market was already large at the time of founding. 65% wanted market share from competitors.
4. Timing is overrated
5. Save Time, Save Money, Or Make Things Easier. By far the top-performing category is productivity.
6. Over 50% Were Competing With Multiple Incumbents At the Time of Founding
7. The Product Matters! most startups had very high differentiation in their core product offering with competitors <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chart from article<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

50 learnings are listed by Ali. A nice list for you to ponder over state of your startup and the possibility of getting the U status. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where I learnt this #414 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Land of the \u201cSuper Founders\u201c\u2014 A Data-Driven Approach to Uncover the Secrets of Billion Dollar Startups <\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/medium.com\/@alitamaseb\/land-of-the-super-founders-a-data-driven-approach-to-uncover-the-secrets-of-billion-dollar-a69ebe3f0f45<\/a>
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This is a question that comes up often and Ali Tamaseb, partner DCVC, spent 300 hours analyzing public data, talking to founders and combing through Crunchbase and PitchBook on exaclty this topic .<\/p>\n<\/p>

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