product market fit Archives | Wealthfront Blog Personal Finance & Investing Insights Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:53:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/cropped-wave-logo-transparent-hi-res-500x500.png product market fit Archives | Wealthfront Blog 32 32 How Do You Recognize a Sinking Ship? https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/recognize-when-your-company-is-sinking/ Thu, 09 Apr 2015 01:57:43 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=5089 Kenny Rogers probably didn’t realize his now famous lyrics “You’ve got to know when to hold ‘em. Know when to fold ‘em.” was also outstanding career advice. All too often people stay too long on a sinking ship, a company headed toward failure, which can have a huge opportunity cost. Few hiring managers you subsequently […]

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]]> Demystifying Venture Capital Economics, Part 3 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/demystifying-venture-capital-economics-part-3/ Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:20:23 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4869 The funding of almost every new and successful technology market can, to the uninitiated, have the appearance of a financial bubble. A tsunami of venture capital flows into hot new markets at what appear to be ridiculous prices. Amazingly, the capital invested in the market winners is almost always justified. A few other companies will […]

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]]> Demystifying Venture Capital Economics, Part 2 https://www.wealthfront.com/blog/venture-capital-economics-part-2/ Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:43:30 +0000 http://www.wealthfront.com/blog/?p=4733 One of the most challenging things for people outside the technology world to understand about venture capitalists is why they are willing to fund companies that operate at a significant loss. After all, classic security analysis teaches us companies don’t have any value if they can’t produce a profit. The operative word in that statement […]

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