It has been, to say the least, a wild week in the private markets. I’m taking you briefly inside my reporter’s notebook. (I do have both a literal notebook, and a Google Doc, for anyone wondering.) Here are some themes I’m watching, thinking, and hearing lots of chatter about:
– Those left behind: If you think about it, joining a startup is a little crazy. In many cases, a startup employee leaves behind a stable job at a longstanding company where their next several years of life can, more or less, be planned. But at a startup, anything can happen, for better or worse. That’s what people sign up for—an adventure. Along with the prospect of some decent financial upside.
