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

Published: 28 December 2018
Canonical: https://www.top10in.tech/posts/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](https://medium.com/point-nine-news/there-are-over-100-saas-unicorns-how-long-did-it-take-them-to-get-to-100-million-in-arr-c6ef0df540fd)?

2. [A year in review](https://medium.com/@alexfclayton/2018-review-high-growth-saas-ipos-5b82a93295c) 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](https://nztradeandenterprise-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/jon_davies_nzte_govt_nz/EZmLzNRbZndNs_EyGF3ZA94BrPtj7mF8XeyfiV8r1a-UoA?e=QjkTHd) for 2019.

4. [Why fundraising often goes wrong](https://bettereveryday.vc/when-your-fundraising-goes-wrong-94c3f4081310).

5. Part I in [645-Ventures](https://645ventures.com/) series on venture capital investment strategy - the [Circle of Competence and the Venture Capital Investment Triangle](https://medium.com/@645ventures/circle-of-competence-and-the-venture-capital-investment-triangle-663d65265c83).

6. [The Founder’s Guide to Discipline](https://firstround.com/review/the-founders-guide-to-discipline-lessons-from-fronts-mathilde-collin/) (and transparency) - lessons learnt.

7. Have concerns about the big Social Media platforms? Check [this infographic](https://nztradeandenterprise-my.sharepoint.com/:i:/g/personal/jon_davies_nzte_govt_nz/EbdAlC_gS-FJkj4LFd2JXZABjLNaKECAhJHROq7P9BUT_w?e=gS9gQe) on all the data they collect about you.

8. [Google Lens](https://lens.google.com/) now [recognizes over 1 billion products](https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/19/google-lens-now-recognizes-over-1-billion-products/).

9. Forbes’ [World's Top 50 Women In Tech 2018](https://www.forbes.com/top-tech-women/list/) - 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](https://tomtunguz.com/gross-margin-trends-saas). He also thinks revenue may not be the most important one.

 POD OF THE WEEK:

[Should America be run by Trader Joes](http://freakonomics.com/podcast/trader-joes/)? (A quirky US supermarket chain)