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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

Unity, founded in 2004, took nearly 5 years of bootstrapping to launch the engine, cultivate a cult following of Mac hobbyist developers, raise venture funding and ascend the curve of relevancy such that studios with real budgets were willing to bet their projects on Unity. With a next gen UGC platform and engine that would not be necessary.

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Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

Tom Tunguz

Over the past seven years, she’s been responsible for scaling Stripe’s worldwide business operations. And then from 2004 to 2014, she was at Google and managed lots of different things, including the self-driving cars project, global sales and operations, and the business teams for checkout in Google Apps.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Chargebee and Glassdoor — November 1, 2019

SaaStr

Does it have to be in person? Hear about the early days of Glassdoor; tactical lessons on scaling—from building a business model and recruiting an all-star management team to advice on building a compelling, innovative company culture; and learn whyGlassdoor’s $1.2 Even though, the ACV does not rapidly expand with the business.

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