Though both sit under the “venture” umbrella, investing in startups and scaleups are fundamentally different exercises in risk, diligence, and value creation. Startups are early-stage companies still searching for product-market fit. The core question an investor is underwriting is existential: Does anyone actually want this, and can the
An operating model describes how a company actually creates and delivers value — how people, processes, technology, and data come together to reach strategic goals. In SaaS it matters especially because the business is continuous: the customer pays on an ongoing basis, and value has to be delivered every day, not