honestly, we can probably create a category of something like, "steady growth, incredible culture" -- would that be interesting to you?
Edit: another thing. If 80% or more of the total headcount all come from some US-based "top university", the company is also probably not interesting for me.
More seriously, firms who can check profitable , small fund raises relative to revenue, etc
(On which note, we are hiring ;-) )
The result is we still have all our board seats, at most only talk to our customer's capital teams, and customer revenue is covering 100% of our bills + growth (+ profit). And personally, it's such a shift that 2am thoughts are more about customer success & growth vs financiers & payroll & CAC accounting mindtricks.