At FORBES, we talk a lot about numbers: the 400 richest Americans, who hold $2.34 trillion in aggregate value. The 1,826 billionaires in the world. And of course, 29: the age you cannot surpass in order to be included on the 30 Under 30.
With that in mind, and with the second annual Under 30 Summit nearing its close, here are 15 of the most important numbers that have emerged over the past two days of discussion in Philadelphia:
Josh Kopelman talks valuations at the Forbes Under 30 Summit. (Mehrunnisa Wani for Forbes)
$1 billion: The valuation milestone that some venture capitalists say is no longer meaningful. “It’s the new vanity metric,” Josh Kopelman, a partner at First Round Capital, said in a panel on Monday.
7%: The percentage of venture capital funding that female-founded companies receive.
$60 billion: The size of the beauty market in the U.S. -- a market that is rife with female entrepreneurs who are using technology to change the industry.
23 million: The number of viewers who tuned in to watch the U.S. Women’s National Team beat Japan in the World Cup finals this past July.
10,000: The number of times Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes says you must be willing to start over if you get knocked down.
$500 million: The value of Michelle Phan’s subscription beauty business Ipsy. “I didn’t have a roadmap,” Phan said in talk on Monday. “I just did it because it was meaningful to me and I wanted to disrupt the beauty industry.”
$350,000: The size of the check Mark Cuban wrote to Aaron Levie after he cold-pitched Cuban on his cloud-storage business Box.
27 years old: The average age of 30 Under 30 List inductees.
200: The number of employees under control of the four young head-honchos who dished on how to be a boss when you’ve never even had a boss.
11 times: The difference between the salary cap for male soccer players in the U.S. versus the pay-cap for female soccer players in the U.S.
87 years old: The age of Dr. Ruth, the world-famous sex therapist who provided some on-stage couples’ therapy to start-up cofounders from Genius, Grove Labs and Adore Me.
Kiah Williams, co-founder of SIRUM, receives the grand prize at the $1 Million Change the World... [+]
$1 million: The amount of money put up for grabs in the Under 30 “Change the World” competition. It was divvied among the six finalists, with the biggest check going to Sirum, a service that is seeking to take the $5 billion worth of wasted drugs and put them to better use.
50,000,000: The number of people who skip their meds because they can’t afford the prescription -- i.e, the very market that “Change the World” winner Sirum is trying to address.
7 million: The number of subscribers that Lindsey Stirling, a self-described “dancing violinist,” has amassed on YouTube. “The same reason I was told I would fail was the reason why I succeeded,” she said in an interview on Monday. “It was different and intriguing.”
10 billion: Number of matches made on Tinder, according to founder Sean Rad.
