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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

First check leads in 5 founding teams, all in stealth. congrats to Fortress IQ on its $12mm Series A led by Lightspeed and a stealth co on their $13.5mm Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Smallstep , Clay , Dark , and Windmill emerged out of stealth. First check to Series B?—?congrats First check to Series A?—?congrats

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

All of these early-stage companies, you’re taking a risk on a bet; a bet of a future market, a bet on what demand will look like, a bet on how this will evolve. It’s a massive distribution advantage. But once we got out of stealth, it actually didn’t make sense to be quiet afterwards. Hindsight is always 20/20.

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Taking on Tech Titans

Reid Hoffman

All of these early-stage companies, you’re taking a risk on a bet; a bet of a future market, a bet on what demand will look like, a bet on how this will evolve. It’s a massive distribution advantage. But once we got out of stealth, it actually didn’t make sense to be quiet afterwards. Hindsight is always 20/20.

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The Future of Startups 2013-2017

Scalable Startup

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. Marc Andreessen: We have a bunch of stealth investments. Marc Andreessen On The Future Of Enterprise. ALEXIA TSOTSIS.