To build a generational company, you need two things:
1. A controversial and unique idea about a given market (going against consensus is a major prerequisite for success)
2. A founder who’s relentless about making that idea reality (they’re operating in the unknown, pulling the
Happy 8th Birthday Rubrik! Still early days for us. In the last 6 years that we have been in the market, our customers have invested well over $2B into Rubrik to secure their data and we are just getting revved up. Day 1 of Rubrik👇 and it is still Day 1 for us.
IPO is just the first step towards building a long lasting public company. First few weeks/months of trading as a public company doesn’t matter. The real question is whether the company has a business model and a team that can execute to it. All the rest is noise.