Which is entrepreneurial, and which is innovative: Venture A or Venture B (real but disguised)?
Venture A, an eight-year old startup with patents, a vision to disrupt a large growing market (think big data in a basic industry), $3 million of revenues, a $20 million operating deficit funded by investors, and an implied valuation of $200 million? The founders have 40% of the equity. Venture B, the eight-year-old acquisition of a 35-year-old copycat business (think generic drugs), no patents, that has grown in eight years from $37 million of legacy revenues to $1 billion, $200 million of operating surplus, and an implied valuation of $2 billion? The team also has 40% of the equity.
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