A billion dollar valuation is a huge milestone for a start-up, and not just because Justin Timberlake said so in The Social Network. The billion dollar mark gets thrown around by venture capitalists as shorthand for the level of success they’re looking for when they invest, since the typical outcome for start-ups is failure and thus VC firms bank on a few mega-hits to generate returns.
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