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Sep 13

Founder vs. Investor: The Most Unique Relationship in Capital Markets

The relationship between a venture capitalist (VC) and a founder is one of the most unique relationships in capital markets. Most institutional investors will never see the faces of those working diligently to produce the returns they’re seeking. Stock market investors might only ever hear the voices of CEOs and…

Founder Advice

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Founder vs. Investor: The Most Unique Relationship in Capital Markets
Founder vs. Investor: The Most Unique Relationship in Capital Markets
Founder Advice

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Mar 2

Edge Infrastructure & The Rebel Cloud

The term “edge” in software infrastructure has become bloated. Does edge computing describe IoT? Or is it Lambda Functions? What about serverless? Perhaps web3 enthusiasts have also smuggled this term into their vocabulary. …

Infrastructure

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Edge Infrastructure & The Rebel Cloud
Edge Infrastructure & The Rebel Cloud
Infrastructure

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Jan 18

Vertex US invests in CloseFactor to put account research on autopilot for go-to-market teams

You’ve just received your account list, and it is time to start hunting. Well, it’s almost time to start hunting. First, you must prioritize which customers are buying what you’re selling. The arbitrary account scores invented by the data science team don’t reveal much. …

Sales

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Vertex US invests in CloseFactor to put account research on autopilot for go-to-market teams
Vertex US invests in CloseFactor to put account research on autopilot for go-to-market teams
Sales

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Sep 26, 2022

WebAssembly: The Future Looks Bright

I recently co-hosted a webinar with Martin Casado of a16z and the founders of three software companies driving the adoption of server-side WebAssembly (Wasm): Matt Butcher of Fermyon, Connor Hicks of Suborbital, and Liam Randall of Cosmonic. The ideas that follow are products of our discussion and belong to them…

Webassembly

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WebAssembly: The Future Looks Bright
WebAssembly: The Future Looks Bright
Webassembly

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Aug 16, 2022

Vertex US co-leads Vividly’s $18M Series A to help CPG brands increase demand more effectively

Imagine a world where advertisers invested trillions of dollars in online advertising, yet they couldn’t easily measure the performance of those dollars. Companies like Google and Facebook wouldn’t have grown into the juggernauts they are today. Why do advertisers flock to Google, Facebook, and increasingly Amazon? …

Venture Capital

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Vertex US co-leads Vividly’s $18M Series A to help CPG brands increase demand more effectively
Vertex US co-leads Vividly’s $18M Series A to help CPG brands increase demand more effectively
Venture Capital

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Aug 4, 2022

How to manage customers after the sale: common founder questions about post-sales tactics

In sales, closing a deal is a celebratory moment with gong-ringing galore. To a salesperson, this is a pinnacle moment of the customer relationship. From an organizational point of view, a newly minted customer means the work is just getting started. What happens after a sale determines whether a customer…

Sales

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How to manage customers after the sale: common founder questions about post-sales tactics
How to manage customers after the sale: common founder questions about post-sales tactics
Sales

7 min read


Feb 15, 2022

Our Investment in KSOC: An Essential Tool for Kubernetes Security #KIEM #KDR

Kubernetes is complicated so applications can be less so. Kubernetes (a.k.a. K8s) takes care of distributed systems and scaling configurations so that applications builders can focus on the applications they’re building instead of the systems on which they run. Borrowing an analogy from Kubernetes: The Documentary (yes, you should watch…

Kubernetes

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Our Investment in KSOC: An Essential Tool for Kubernetes Security #KIEM #KDR
Our Investment in KSOC: An Essential Tool for Kubernetes Security #KIEM #KDR
Kubernetes

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Jan 19, 2022

Reflections on early-stage investing as a new(ish) venture capitalist

Since entering the world of unicorns and entrepreneurship 2.5 years ago, I’ve met with more than 700 companies, led a handful of investments (some | of which | are public), and attempted to invest in many more (spoiler alert: VCs compete). Venture capital is one of those fields where feedback…

Venture Capital

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Reflections on early-stage investing as a new(ish) venture capitalist
Reflections on early-stage investing as a new(ish) venture capitalist
Venture Capital

6 min read


Dec 6, 2021

The Future of PeopleTech

Look closely. This line doesn’t represent the price of Bitcoin since yesterday morning, but rather the portion of employees who quit their job each month (Data: FRED; Chart: Axios Visuals). The New York Times reported that nearly 4.3 million workers quit their jobs in August 2021 — up from 4…

Startup

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The Future of PeopleTech
The Future of PeopleTech
Startup

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Sep 29, 2021

The Sales Messaging Hierarchy

Just because you’re selling, it doesn’t mean they’re buying. One way to ensure you never get the order is failing to address all of the relevant stakeholders — executives, economic buyers, technical buyers, primary user personas (PUPs), etc. — with the right message at the right time. …

Sales

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The Sales Messaging Hierarchy
The Sales Messaging Hierarchy
Sales

6 min read

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Chase Roberts

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Investor at Vertex Ventures.

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