Altitude News 📰

Welcome to Altitude, the bi-monthly drop from Cirrus Capital Partners. We write for founders and finance pros building at the highest level. Expect sharp insights, market movers, and operator-grade tips. The Private Market Mirage Why you may never own the next Apple—and why the numbers you see probably aren’t even real. There’s a quiet revolution happening in the capital markets, and it’s one that few retail investors, middle-market founders, or even institutional allocators want to confront....

Everyone likes to talk about fundamentals until the mood shifts. Then it’s all just fear in a nicer suit. April made that crystal clear. On April 2, the U.S. government announced sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs: a 10% blanket on all imports, with even higher rates targeting China, Mexico, and others.The reaction was immediate. The Dow fell over 4,000 points in two days. Confidence evaporated across global markets. One tariff announcement. No bombs dropping. No banks collapsing. And still,...

We are switching up our style for this Altitude release and sincerely hope you enjoy reading! 🙌 - Ryan and the Cirrus team I was in middle school when Napster first hit. I still remember the first time I used it - on a clunky desktop in the corner of my friend’s basement, loading a Linkin Park track that took 11 minutes to download, even though it was mislabeled and probably ripped from a radio station. We didn’t care. Everyone I knew was using it. Trading MP3s, burning CDs, making mixtapes...

Altitude Newsletter Layoffs as a Strategy, Breaking Down Revenue by Employee, Y Combinator's Unicorn Playbook, and Bezos' Reinvesting Playbook Read on the website / Read time: 10 minutes Welcome back! The past few weeks have been packed: major deals closed, fresh insights revealed, and the launch of our slick new website. We’ve got a killer edition lined up, so let’s dive in. Here’s a bird's eye view of what's on the docket: > Are Layoffs the New Power Move? > Cirrus Updates > What's...

Altitude Newsletter TikTok-Musk Wildcard, $14.6B Biotech Buyouts, Driving Revenue Through Clarity, and a Frothy Rolex Market Read on the website / Read time: 5 minutes Welcome back to Altitude, your bi-monthly newsletter from Cirrus Capital Partners. Here’s a bird's eye view of what's on the docket: > Driving Revenue Through Clarity > Cirrus Updates > What's Happening > New Resources > Fresh Fundings & Term Sheets The mission remains the same: every other week, we “gain Altitude” with the...