Jason M. Lemkin argues that being a founder is harder than any other role, and he won't interview founders who haven't hit $20-30 million in revenue. He points to Nvidia as an example of brutal market competition, even for hugely successful companies.
He says he won't interview founders below $20–$30 million in revenue.
Okay. How can you not have, after all these years, gotten to a trillion dollar market cap and recognize that there's nothing harder on planet Earth than being a founder in the same year and really just recognize the two? The. No bullshit. No. This is why, Harry, you've done how many of these 20 VCs again? 2,936. This is why I won't even talk or interview a founder below 20 or 30 million in revenue. Because they're not honest enough. They don't have enough life experience. Right, right. To hear from Nvidia, which you know, has been in a ruthlessly competitive market with non recurring revenue. Right. Live or die on these margins, finally become one of the breakout top five tech companies of all time and say, I wish I wasn't a founder. Not literally, but conceptually. I mean, I don't know. It's got to be founder of the year.
