Breakout List FAQ

why is this better than just looking at an investor’s portfolio? for picking companies, the breakout list is better than looking at an investor’s portfolio because we can see more data — we can see pre-investment data and post-investment data, while investors get only the before data. so employees should do better

how do you get data? we talk to investors so that we can use non-public data. this non-public data works much better in our opinion. without naming names we’ve talked to angels who are personal investors in Airbnb, SpaceX and a longer list of smaller but billion dollar companies like Docker, Opendoor, Wish; and firms who are seed or series A/B investors in Uber, Facebook, Google, Airbnb, Stripe, Snapchat.

is the list always correct? no.

is the list biased? it’s biased by our network.

do you make money? we make money when you join companies, and we don’t let that cloud our editorial opinions. we use specific gross profit numbers to reduce bias. a company that doesn’t meet the numbers will not be on the list.

i’m a founder/investor, and i want my company to be on your list. we frequently receive offers of money in exchange for listing a company. the only way to be on the list is to have a founder or investor submit private data that proves the company should be on the list.

this company should be on the list. if you believe we missed a company, the fastest way to correct this is to have a founder or board member contact editor@breakoutlist.com, and then we will request data.