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
Building a marketplace can be a daunting task — you need to start from scratch building two different customer bases, simultaneously. Read more
Today’s blog post is all about the annoying things that VCs commonly say or ask. I did a call out on Twitter this week and these are the VCisms that the crowds have bubbled up as the most annoying things out of a VC’s mouth. Read more
After spending more than a decade as a marketer at companies like Google, Square and Cover, Arielle Jackson has assembled a collection of tested strategies and essential advice in her marketing toolkit. Read more
Silicon Valley says it’s committed to improving diversity, but high-profile male executives accused of sexual misconduct are getting second chances. Some advocates are wondering why. Read more