Startup Success Unicorn Reality Check

When I first decided to quit my comfy corporate jobs (Galaxy far far away), one of the main reasons was I wanted to try to do something I wanted. In the early 201X, we still could do that, and somehow, if the idea was something new and creative, investors wanted to know more about it. In most startup events, everyone claimed that we would make a better world… haha, you can see some movies to joke about that.

Now we have passed a hyped startup success era called unicorn. In most cases, they are mainly for B2C. Even without a strong business model by only external funds, they can reach the point where everybody thinks that is cool. And as our startup ecosystem becomes mature, most VCs/Incubators or even founders know well what items would be fundable or not. It sounds like I have come back to the big corporate organization, but except there is no fixed salary but performance bonus-only places. Smart people know well how to get a decent fund by following market trends.

Probably their main goal might be just to become richer.

In fact, most founders’ ideas are not suitable for a VC, especially a first-time founder. And they will encounter a big hidden wall which no one cares about. Soon the founders realized that and were tempted to change the idea to the favorable one. If you can, one small problem will arise,

Are you happy?