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Investment perspectives, market analysis, and growth playbooks from 30 years of backing Founders. What we've learned, what we're seeing, and what actually works.
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There are so many (good) ways to split your market with Andrew Filev (Wrike)
Even within the relatively narrow confines of B2B software, successful market segmentation can go beyond small/mid/large accounts, and...
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Tim Anglade
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How HBO’s Silicon Valley Captures the Startup Experience with Todd Silverstein (Silicon Valley)
We catch up with the lead technical advisor of HBO’s Emmy-nominated comedy series about startups, to discuss how real-life experience...
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Tim Anglade
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How to close your first $1M in sales with Tim Zheng (ZenProspect)
At the end of the day, companies have to make money. In Silicon Valley this self-evident truth can be an uncomfortable difficulty for some...
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Tim Anglade
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Starting up in an AI-first world with Jeremy Howard (fast.ai)
Artificial Intelligence naturally favors companies that can wield large armies of PhDs, gigantic GPU clusters, and massive datasets, so it’s...
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Tim Anglade
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Riding Platform Shifts with David Helgason (Unity)
The founder of Unity recounts the platform shifts their video game engine survived & even thrived on, from PC to Consoles, Flash games, Mobile and...
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Tim Anglade
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Beyond Performance: How Narrative, Targeting & Sequencing affect Fundraising with Nick Mehta (Gainsight)
Many variables go into closing a successful venture capital round. Your company’s performance on core metrics is probably the biggest one, and most...
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Tim Anglade
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“Marketing doesn’t work on Developers” Developers are the new kingmakers — so how does one reach them?
Developers are the new kingmakers, driving up the valuation, and sometimes revenue, of companies like Twilio, Xamarin, Docker and many others...
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Tim Anglade
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Why Does Technical Recruiting Suck So Much? with Aline Lerner (interviewing.io)
If you’re a founder or manager hiring engineers, you’ve probably been there… Struggling to find the right talent, dealing with an unending...
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Tim Kopp
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Why DevOps is a Business Trend with Adam Jacob (Chef)
The convergence between Software Development & Operations has had a deep impact on the technical stack used by startups & industry giants alike..
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Tim Anglade
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This startup closed its office and went remote-only with Sytse ‘Sid’ Sijbrandij (GitLab)
Many workplaces are remote-friendly, letting you work a day from home every now & then. But what if your company abandonned the concept of a physic...
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Tim Anglade
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The money seems to find them Success & Startups outside Silicon Valley
Building a Startup in Louisville, Kentucky
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Tim Anglade
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The Difference between Technology & Product with Linden Tibbets (IFTTT)
In the Valley few will admit to just building Technology — everyone wants to think they are building a Product, something that has some design...
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Tim Anglade
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Simple rules to take over the world with Michelle Zatlyn (Cloudflare)
How does one go from friends & family using a prototype, to a global software behemoth used around the world by hundreds of millions of people?...
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Tim Anglade
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