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APRIL 14, 2020

The public markets have clearly rewarded traditional, software based businesses over different business models, and that effect was starting to work its way through the earlier stage ecosystem. In a FOLD world, this is going to continue.

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JULY 31, 2014

Furthermore, one of our recent investments was in Silicon Valley, as all three of us have lived and worked there. This is hardly a unique investment category, but that’s because the shift in how software is purchased and delivered has been so fundamentally transforming. Recent Investment Themes. Step-Function Ad Tech.

Seed Stage 272

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APRIL 21, 2015

We were on an immersion trip to Silicon Valley, and we said, “Let’s find a way to leverage [a previous open source project],” and we decided to build something around that. For enterprise software companies, this was quite far from the truth. Tom Eisenmann. It really did start as an entry in the New Venture Competition.

Founder 120

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

You’ll also hear… Why a TV show inspired Danielle to launch a media company, not software startup, and why she was disillusioned with Silicon Valley. The domino effect of thinking and operating that way at first and how this led to the SaaS startup success that is Mattermark today.

Silicon Valley 120

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

You’ll also hear… Why a TV show inspired Danielle to launch a media company, not software startup, and why she was disillusioned with Silicon Valley. The domino effect of thinking and operating that way at first and how this led to the SaaS startup success that is Mattermark today.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Cofounder Software Founder 120

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APRIL 30, 2015

Below, we talk to Glen Mello , Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank’s accelerator team in Boston. Typically, the gross margins aren’t there compared to software, so revenue isn’t quite as important in the early stages of getting to market. It can be lower cost and can either buy more time or accelerate growth.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Outside of Silicon Valley, you can usually get into pretty good deals writing pretty small checks ($10K or so) if you are relevant to the sector you are investing in. Some people just assume that they’ll lose 100% of their money and the upside is gravy. Don’t be allured by seniority.

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