We just published @firstround's 4th annual State of Startups report. Here are the Top 10 highlights: stateofstartups.firstround.com 
1/ 89% of founders believe that older people face age discrimination in tech. And "older" doesn't mean octogenarians: On average, founders think tech industry ageism starts at 46 years old. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#ageism-i…
2/ 66% of male founders say that tech companies are inclusive for parents, yet only 34% of female founders feel the same. Women were also twice as likely to report investor bias against founders who are pregnant or have children. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#parents-…
3/ Naysayers may still believe that real-time messaging tools are a real time suck, but 70% of founders say tools like @SlackHQ and @Yammer increase productivity. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#messagin…
4/ Founders are optimistic about IPOs for the fourth year running. 78% of respondents predict the pace for public offerings won't let up in 2019. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#ipo-tren…
5/ When asked which U.S.-based company will spin out the next generation of notable founders, 23% of respondents named @Uber . stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#next-gen…
6/ @Stripe's valuation already sits at a lofty $20B, but founders still think it will rise the most over the next decade. 19% of founders named the payments juggernaut as their top choice for valuation growth. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#private-…
7/ 39% of founders predict that China will occupy the center of the tech world in 2028. However, over 50% say the center will be in the U.S. Less than 5% think it will be anywhere else. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#future-c…
8/ Many respondents are likely to have a Softbank-funded competitor, yet 70% of them still see @SoftBank as a net positive for the tech world. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#softbank
9/ Of the founders that had a POV on the topic, 77% of them think that big tech companies like @facebook, @Twitter and @Google are perceived as evil. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#big-tech…
10/ Less than 1% of founders say blockchain or cryptocurrency technology has been revolutionary for them or their peers, and only 13% believe these will become dominant in their industry in the future. stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018/#blockcha…
11/ You can see the rest of the findings from our survey — answers to dozens of questions about what it like to run a technology startup in 2018 – here: stateofstartups.firstround.com/2018
