In February of last year, Fortune magazine writers Erin Griffith and Dan Primack declared 2015 «
The Age of the Unicorns» noting — «Fortune counts more than 80 startups that have been valued at $ 1 billion or more by venture capitalists.»
Less than one year since declaring it the «
Age of the Unicorns,» Fortune Magazine was back with a dire warning, «Silicon Valley's $ 585 Billion Problem: Good Luck Getting Out.»
The age of unicorns, while glorious, is over.
But in the so - called
Age of Unicorns, startups can go from zero to $ 1 billion in the blink of an eye.
As quickly as
the Age of Unicorns arrived, the conditions that created it could reverse and leave entrepreneurs and investors wistful for what might have been.
First, there was the glory: Fortune declared
the Age of Unicorns in January 2015.
The age of Unicorn investing has led to alarming overvaluations of startups that could result in an afterparty roll call not seen since 1999, Silicon Valley VC Bill Gurley warned Thursday.
Not exact matches
Sabio: A few years ago I attended a «Wellness Expo» full
of new
age woowoo stuff and people with their amazing booths with crystals, wands,
unicorns, incenses, you name it... and they were all wonderful people.
The title
of Leah Meyerhoff's feature - length writing and directing debut, I Believe In
Unicorns, seems designed to push away anyone dubious about preciousness, especially when it comes to stylish coming -
of -
age indies.
Some other notable films from female directors include the Telluride breakout «Lady Bird» by Greta Gerwig, a semi-autobiographical coming -
of -
age movie about women and female familial relationships; Brie Larson's magical realist directorial debut «
Unicorn Store»; and «Battle
of the Sexes,» a chronicling
of the run - up to the landmark 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, directed by Valerie Faris and her husband, Jonathan Dayton.
Unicorn Point Animal Sanctuary, Klamath Falls, OR The organization is a no - kill shelter and sanctuary, caring for all types
of animals in all conditions and
of all
ages.
The bright new art direction in Diablo III has been the talk
of angry fan forums for
ages, prompting the development team to sport custom Diablo III t - shirts featuring
unicorns and rainbows at the BlizzCon 2008 Convention.
Ian followed a somewhat «non-traditional» path to becoming a legal director at such a young
age — the average
age of general counsel and legal director at «
unicorn» startups is 43 — and in the conversation below he discusses how he got to where he is today.