"There are some companies that are obviously richly-valued," Kurtz told Fortune. "I think some of these companies don't realize that they are starting to move into zombieland: You look at their last round valuation, and it might be great for them, but it's expensive and it's necessarily actionable for a lot of companies, even ours." To be sure, there have been a couple of notable big-ticket acquisitions in cyber lately: Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion acquisition of CyberArk and Google's proposed $32 billion acquisition of Wiz.
Taylor noted that while the dot-com bubble is often viewed through the lens of its failures, significant value and major tech success stories also emerged from that era. He stated, 'If you say dot-com, people come back with failures.' He emphasized that examining the current value in the S&P 500 showcases how warranted much of the hype truly was.
The outdated business credit scoring models are shutting out promising UK startups from crucial funding, urging a cultural and systemic rethink to match modern entrepreneurship.
Chowdeck, a Lagos-based food delivery startup that has stayed profitable in a notoriously tough and low-margin market, has raised $9 million in Series A funding to launch a quick commerce strategy and expand into more cities in Nigeria and Ghana.
Peter Thiel's 'Zero to One' has become a cornerstone of startup lore, but it can actively harm innovation by promoting monopolistic tendencies in the tech industry.
Many startups in the US are adopting the '996' work schedule, a demanding 72-hour week, becoming widespread despite its controversial reputation and ties to worker exploitation in China.
