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		falsestprophet on July 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Unicorn Club 2015: Learning from Billion-Dolla... A unicorn is a billion dollar company. Shall we just call them billion dollar companies then?

minimaxir on July 18, 2015 | [–]

Because it's quirky and modern SV startups are all about being quirky.

No sarcasm.

theseatoms on July 18, 2015 | | [–]

Yeah, it's just a fantastical term that the media's latched onto, unfortunately.

olalonde on July 19, 2015 | [–]

I think it was originally meant to refer to billion dollar startups that haven't gone public yet.

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