Gaurav explains that the recent pullback only came after the Bitcoin price reached
the hockey stick growth stage which was frequently predicted in past due to the slightly parabolic growth throughout its history, and is now back again at a less drastic growth which is more in line with the past years.
In reality, as I noted in my last post, a company's future reflects its past more often than not, and companies «generally don't experience
hockey stick growth out of the blue (nor do they suddenly fall off a cliff...)»
Sure, but for the majority of companies, they generally don't experience
hockey stick growth out of the blue, nor do they suddenly fall off a cliff... [Novice investors are particularly susceptible to the «hockey stick» assumption, blithely ignoring the fact they / other investors have sometimes been waiting years already for the same exceptional growth surge!]
«We're not looking to create any sort of
hockey stick growth profile, but are going to keep up that growth pattern by moving into the best, coolest, fun markets in America,» League says.
They want visibility into the new generation of companies that are still raising money, figuring out their business plan and chasing
those hockey stick growth trajectories.
That's the kind of
hockey stick growth that any startup would love to see.
Even if you believe the caliber of talent is higher in the Bay Area, the competition is fierce and turnover is often high (especially if you aren't seeing
hockey stick growth).
For many companies, that work seems less rewarding than doing the stuff that actually might drive
hockey stick growth.
Despite a noted aversion to
hockey stick growth, investors are even more intolerant of «slow and solid» growth.
Not exact matches
Once these three strategies are implemented and the leadership spoke is in place, we can build the remaining spokes which are marketing, operations, finance and technology to head for the «
hockey stick»
growth of 100 units and beyond.
But then there are the companies that take off and enjoy the kind of
hockey -
stick like
growth others can only dream about.
«We were scaling at a nice trajectory,» Levin says, «but we weren't seeing the
hockey -
stick growth that you saw in some other environments.»
From
hockey -
stick growth to flat lines, projections can run the gamut.
«People at the seed stage are investing in a bunch of «what ifs,» and they are hoping for a
hockey -
stick shaped
growth curve,» says Chad Grier, 35, CEO of META Security Group in Cornelius, North Carolina.
In the
hockey -
stick -
growth - or - die world of Silicon Valley startups, thinking falls into the same trap.
They'll have to stop seeking
hockey -
stick growth charts and draft more disciplined spreadsheets that reflect less sexy metrics, such as long - term value and Ebitda.
You may have a
hockey -
stick looking
growth chart, but there's always chaos in the middle of it,» Crowley said.
In the middle space, where the small firms can hit a
hockey stick and grow, I'm quite excited by this creation of the business
growth fund, which is actually a private - sector initiative, but with certain rules that make it easier to happen.
And rarely, if ever, should the goal be the fast kind of «
hockey stick»
growth that is associated with the tiny slice of startups who receive the majority of coverage by tech - focused digital media covering startups: the extraordinarily rare company that obtains backing from a venture fund.
Your exponential
growth co-pilot, with plans for every stage from angel round to IPO to drive
hockey -
stick results
Just five years ago, that number was 2,475, and a chart of the
growth looks like the dreaded
hockey stick.
Keith Harrington isn't looking for
hockey -
stick growth companies.
Hoffman said Move Systems was looking to team with brands entering the «
hockey stick» part of their
growth curve.
This contrasts with plenty of other blended learning programs that begin with large but vague expectations of what they intend to accomplish — and expectations of
hockey -
stick growth.
Second, present the graph with a log scale so the
hockey -
stick effect is hidden and the portfolios»
growth rates are represented by the lines» slopes.
They are the first and only provider of AI - powered machine - learning tools in a SAAS model for Retail and Institutional subscribers, and the proof of value can be seen in
hockey -
stick subscriber
growth and user retention.
You'll see a gradual, non - «
hockey stick»
growth of well over 7 % per year, which is much better than bonds, money market, or private 401k fixed income funds.
Even if the
hockey stick of tree
growth is not exaggerated, all it tells us is that trees are consuming more energy and CO2 and turning it into wood.
The
hockey stick gang assumed annual
growth rings were due to temperature when most are about precipitation levels.
Renewable energy systems have entered their «
hockey stick» part of their «S»
growth curve.
Of course we do nt want to use any tree ring series that does nt show a
hockey stick in the instrumental period for temperature reconstructions, because they do nt exhibit increased
growth with increased temperature.
There is NOTHING to relate ANY similarity for GRAVITY or «the Theory of Gravity» to either the «
hockey stick» plot or «greenhouse supposition», certainly any such link is NOT found in SCIENCE... My only post to that thread, and that thread (being titled «
hockey -
stick - is - broken» last (it seems), is reprised here: ------ At April 25, 2006 2:38 AM, Peter K. Anderson a.k.a. Hartlod (tm) said... It is of dubious value to even attempt to consider «tree
growth» in terms solely of «temperature» and the quantity of refutation makes worthless the concept of doing such, regardless of tree / species numbers.
4) What remains unexplained is why / how there can be a
hockey stick in tree
growth when there is no corresponding
hockey stick in the local temperature measurements.
(2) But these old - aged trees * are * very much impressed by the warming of the 20th century, as they raise their
growth rate clearly exponentially, indeed resembling a
hockey stick).
We re-submitted in late March, adding a new paragraph showing that these 14 highly weighted sites in the PC1 were all from a group of specialized and controversial high - altitude bristlecone pine series, studied by Graybill and Idso (1993), exhibiting an anomalous 20th century
growth spurt, which yields
hockey -
stick shaped
growth series.
Initial Coin Offerings, or ICOs, have experienced
hockey stick like
growth.
The Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market has experienced
hockey stick like
growth as all types of companies have rushed to leverage the new approach to crowdfunding
growth capital.
my passion is helping early - statge (IT TECHNOLOGY ET ENERGY TECHNOLOGY) businsses with their new product launch to achieve «
hockey stick» sales
growth!
Frank Muhlon: It is definitely a
hockey stick in its
growth trajectory.