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Which company should I join?

The most important career advice is that your choice of company matters more than your title, your geography, or even your compensation.

Here's the problem: there are very few exceptional companies (by definition) and most people struggle to know how to identify them.

Every year, we'll post a list of exceptional startups across the US sourced from many of the top venture capitalists in the country.

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To make the list in 2026, the bar has been raised. A company must have:

1 At least $5M in run-rate revenue
2 Growing at least 3x (200%) year over year, or 2x (100%) if you are above $50M in revenue
3 Raised money from a vetted list of venture capital firms that we maintain