Money isn't everything, but it is something.

When I moved to San Francisco, I was surprised by the startup community's relationship with money. At hackathons, coffee shops and offices around town, founders discussed their visions and product road maps, but revenue models and go to market strategies were rarely discussed. My Wall Street background felt like wearing a Scarlet Letter. Discussing money felt dirty, almost taboo, as if saying it out loud were acknowledging it's reality. Times have changed!

Today funds are flowing, more companies are going public, and it seems that Silicon Valley is revisiting it's relationship with money. The increased demand for sales people, growth hackers, demand gen marketers is proof that startups and founders are (finally) able to admit that revenue is an important part of their business model. VC's are not lurking at geeky events - they are sponsoring them.

The good news is that we are finally talking about money. The bad news is that we have work to do.
Money isn't everything, but it is something. It's a resource, and like any resource, allocation sends a signal.Image may be NSFW.
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