A founder’s life leaves little time for pause. From the moment that the next big startup idea strikes, the tempo is set by the breakneck quest to scale. Read more
The future of venture capital is not just women investing in more women, it’s also men stepping up and funding female founders. At least that’s what we hear from women on the ground who are running companies and raising funds. Read more
Morning Markets: Is it bad when founders take lots of money off the table? Maybe. Also, listen to our podcast. News broke yesterday detailing the scale of capital that WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann has cashed out before the company’s impending IPO. Read more
A full and updated list of books that are useful in all areas of tech, entrepreneurship & startups! General Start-up: The Hard thing about hard things Start with why Zero to one The tipping point The Master algorithm Personality/Skills/Characteristics/Life: Lean in How to win every argument Thinking fast and slow How to win friends and […]
John Hamm is an Octopus Venture Partner and CEO coach based in San Francisco. John works with the CEOs in the portfolio, on the specific premise that the better they perform, the better our returns will be as an investment firm over time. Read more
Goodhart’s law is an adage named after the economist Charles Goodhart, which states that ‘when a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure’. Read more
I took a deep breath and rolled onto my side. It was a familiar moment — the moment when my 6 a.m. alarm clock sounded, after a night of tossing and turning. Read more
Graduation season is upon us, along with its signature mixture of excitement, relief, nostalgia, hope and anticipation for the future. (And speeches. Plenty of speeches.) Read more
Sammy is a co-founder of Blossom Street Ventures. We invest in companies with run rate revenue of $2mm+ and year over year growth of 50%+. We lead or follow in $1mm to $5mm growth rounds and can do inside rounds, secondaries, restructurings and special situations. Read more
We’ll send you one email a week with content you actually want to read, curated by the Insight team. While this may seem extreme, there is clearly a bias among many in the tech sector toward the young. Read more
