What did Billion Dollar Companies Look Like at the Series A?

Here is an interesting look at some of the well-known companies – What did Billion Dollar Companies Look Like at the Series A?

The article gets into some of the common criteria, which I’ll briefly list here:

1. Easy-to-Dismiss Ideas
2. Competitive Markets
3. Reinventing Existing Consumer Behavior
4. Untested Founders
5. Zero Monetization