External blog post: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://elizabethyin.com/2019/06/07/how-do-vcs-make-money/?utm_source=Femstreet&#x26;utm_campaign=3746f03039-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_16_2019_20_37_COPY_01&#x26;utm_medium=email&#x26;utm_term=0_fb85b4cd70-3746f03039-77623567&#x26;mc_cid=3746f03039&#x26;mc_eid=510a306fd2" class="text-gray-850 dark:text-amber-30 hover:dark:text-green-150 hover:text-primary-300 focus:outline-none">How do VCs make money? – Elizabeth Yin</a>External blog post: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://elizabethyin.com/2019/05/17/15-annoying-things-that-vcs-say-or-ask-and-how-to-think-about-them/?utm_source=Femstreet&#x26;utm_campaign=72108fbeee-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_16_2019_20_37_COPY_01&#x26;utm_medium=email&#x26;utm_term=0_fb85b4cd70-72108fbeee-77623567&#x26;mc_cid=72108fbeee&#x26;mc_eid=510a306fd2" class="text-gray-850 dark:text-amber-30 hover:dark:text-green-150 hover:text-primary-300 focus:outline-none">15 Annoying Things that VCs say or ask (and how to think…</a>What investors look for in startups (By Magnus Bergman, Founding Partner, Luminar Ventures: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK3G1zhIUR0&#x26;t=2180s" class="text-gray-850 dark:text-amber-30 hover:dark:text-green-150 hover:text-primary-300 focus:outline-none">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK3G1zhIUR0&#x26;t=2180s</a>

Collection: VC perspective

🎨 Design

💳 Financial services

🫀 Health

💻 IT consulting & outsourcing

📒 Legal & accounting

💠 Other

📣 PR & marketing

🌐 Partner hub

🔍 Recruiting & headhunting

🦾 SaaS services

💬 Translation services

🧳 Travel & accomodation

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 HR services

⏳ Productivity

☁️ Server & cloud solutions

⚙️ Web & app development

Founders refine and validate their business concept, conduct market research, and create an MVP to gather feedback and attract early adopters.

💡 Idea stage

The startup focuses on building the product or service, addressing technical challenges, and seeking early-stage investment.

🐱‍💻 Development stage

The startup experiences increasing customer base and revenue, focusing on scaling operations, optimizing marketing and sales strategies, and establishing product-market fit.

📈 Growth stage

The startup enters a phase of rapid growth, scaling operations across multiple dimensions, seeking additional funding, and aiming for market dominance and increased profitability.

🚀 Scale stage