#business # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought #to-digest # Changelog ```dataview TABLE WITHOUT ID file.mtime AS "Last Modified" FROM [[#]] SORT file.mtime DESC LIMIT 3 ``` # Related # TODO > [!TODO] TODO # Size is not everything Does the investment received by a company reflect its success? (send me a message if you have a good answer) The amount of fundraising is actually orthogonal to success. The most successful companies - at least in Silicon Valley - raised on average the least amount of money as a startup. Facebook, Salesforce, Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Oracle, Webex... all have in common that they had the hardest time to raise money at all. #todo # External links quora.com/Why-is-the-amount-of-funding-a-startup-raises-seen-as-a-major-measure-of-success