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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I was in it for the love of working with entrepreneurs on business problems and marveling at technology they had built. WHEN OUR INDUSTRY CHANGED — THE ERA OF THE UNICORN Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures first coined the term Unicorn in 2013, ironically to signal that very few companies ever achieved a $1 billion valuation.