SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Before I joined the venture capital industry many years ago, I was a software developer, and I worked for a startup around the 2000 time period. Retail was mentioned twice, that’s it, and AWS was mentioned 78 times, so it’s probably not surprising that they’re doing this.

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SmartKarrot

MARCH 2, 2023

The Venture Capital sector has seen substantial expansion in recent times and some VCs have started to podcast and share valuable resources for entrepreneurs, other investors, and those interested in learning more about the industry. The podcast is perfect for anyone interested in startups, venture capital, and technology.

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SaaStr

MARCH 22, 2023

Ed Lenta, the SVP and GM of Databricks, had the rare opportunity of scaling three hypergrowth companies — VMware, AWS, and Databricks. Silicon Valley-based venture capital companies might tell you to build productivity models around hiring salespeople and scaling your organization that way, but it’s not the way.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Previously, she was an operating partner at Emergence Capital, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm that we all probably know about. And we also lead with a sense of optimism and lead with innovation. Alison has a BA magna cum laude from Yale and an MBA from Harvard Business School where she was a Baker scholar.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 3, 2019

I’ve been in venture capital for about 20 years, made my first SaaS investment about 18 years ago and have really been focused on this space for a long time. I work at a firm called Shasta Ventures. I’m really excited to give this talk about a great company and some really great lessons learned from the journey.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

394: Where is Venture Capital today? Sunil Dhaliwal: I was at one of the biggest firms around and I think we had a $200 million fund and people were like, I can’t believe we’re running $200 million in venture capital. The first is: It’s the best proxy for AWS growth in the private markets.

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Outseta

MAY 8, 2020

The ultimate irony here is that while this hurry can breed innovation, more often than not it’s actually hurtful to entrepreneurs and their chances of becoming successful. There’s an awful lot of nuance here and the devil is in the details.

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