Great point Matthew. Agreed, blitzscaling may have been a good strategy in an era of cheap money (and likely only for the Ubers of the world where we are only now seeing FCF emerge), but our sense is in this era, most startups will benefit from being lean and efficient early.
It’s interesting that the SaaS and ZIRP phenomenon of blitzscaling, popularized by Reid Hoffman, is basically defunct now
We’re entering an age of lean startups that will attempt to be cash flow positive asap. A welcome correction
Great point Matthew. Agreed, blitzscaling may have been a good strategy in an era of cheap money (and likely only for the Ubers of the world where we are only now seeing FCF emerge), but our sense is in this era, most startups will benefit from being lean and efficient early.