Kellblog

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Before diving in, let me remind readers that I do these predictions in the spirit of fun, they are not business or investment advice, and that all of my usual disclaimers and terms apply. Management changes , as leadership teams drift from a spirit of value creation for customers to value extraction from them. Tech bubble relents.

Blockchain 143

Blockchain Technical Review Venture Capital Sales Hiring 143

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. Now, I’m a venture capital investor. Many of these are names that you know, and this is actually the largest we’ve seen in history. How long can this last?

Cloud 100

Cloud Scale AWS Machine Learning 100

Kellblog

AUGUST 13, 2019

Most investors will want you to have about a year in the seat before considering investing. If you’re immediately dispatched to Sand Hill Road in search of capital, you’ll be out pitching the company poorly instead of learning the business and making plans to improve it. First-time, non-founder CEOs. ”). [3]

Software Review 76

Software Review Startup Sales Hiring Software 76

SaaStr

AUGUST 20, 2019

I’m a vice president at Bessemer Venture Partners, which is a venture capital firm, which was very lucky to be a part of SendGrid’s journey. We collectively as a company were fortunate in doing all those things and, boy, was it a heck of a team effort, and it was a lot of fun. I won’t lie.

Scale 132

Scale Acquisition Scaling Sales Hiring 132

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Stacks can be developed at the project, team, or functional level and are regularly used to improve internal collaboration, measure the impact of marketing activities and reach customers in new ways. Without this foundation, your marketing stack can become a set of siloed tools that will bog your team down in complexity.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Technology Scale Marketing 223