Top 10 in Tech - What to know for Week ending December 28, 2018

1. There are over 100 SaaS unicorns. How long did it take them to get to $100 million in ARR?
2. A year in review of the key metrics for all SaaS companies that IPO’d in 2018: Median time to IPO - 14 years; Median ARR was $192m USD, with Dropbox as a massive outlier ($1.1B!); Average YoY growth - 37.8%, with on average 90% of that coming from recurring revenue/subscription.
3. Business Insiders Top 5 e-commerce predictions for 2019.
4. Why fundraising often goes wrong.
5. Part I in 645-Ventures series on venture capital investment strategy - the Circle of Competence and the Venture Capital Investment Triangle.
6. The Founder’s Guide to Discipline (and transparency) - lessons learnt.
7. Have concerns about the big Social Media platforms? Check this infographic on all the data they collect about you.
8. Google Lens now recognizes over 1 billion products.
9. Forbes’ World's Top 50 Women In Tech 2018 - there’s a Kiwi in there. Whoop!
10. This dates back to 2014 but Tomasz Tungus identifies 10 key metrics on a Startups Financial statement. He also thinks revenue may not be the most important one. 

POD OF THE WEEK: Should America be run by Trader Joes? (A quirky US supermarket chain)