What will your tombstone say? If you don’t like it, change it.
Startup founders, entrepreneurs, and business owners, always focus your building to leave behind something you’re proud of.
This is from episode 49 of the Startup Ignition Podcast featuring @blakemod of @Pelion_VP.
I don't usually listen to the Startup Ignition podcast on release day... BUT this episode I had to. Special thanks to Blake Modersitzki @blakemod of Pelion Venture Partners @Pelion_VP for joining the pod!!
Whenever Redo gets to work with another great Utah brand I get especially stoked.
Kizik is a company I've looked up to for a long time.
I think what Jason Lee has built from an ops standpoint is second to none.
Getting to work with brands you've looked up to and been a long time customer of is the ultimate privilege.
Special bonus when they're building in Utah.
We’re excited to announce that we've raised a $60M Series B to help teams focus on building and shipping with AI instead of endlessly reviewing!
This round was led by Scale Venture Partners, with participation by NVentures (NVIDIA's venture capital arm).
Coco Robotics, a startup that operates a fleet of cooler-sized delivery robots on wheels, has raised $80 million in funding from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other backers https://t.co/DNB5eNvzap
The world needs more Utah.
With the formation of the Organizing Committee for the 2034 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, we’re ready to build on our legacy and welcome the world once again. Utah’s spirit of collaboration, vision, and service will help us deliver a Games that will bring people together and inspire a new generation in the state of sport.
Congratulations to the organizing committee’s new CEO Brad Wilson, Executive Chair & President Fraser Bullock, and Vice Chair Steve Starks.
Salt Lake City-based Pelion Venture Partners has raised $500 million for a new fund — an unusually large sum for a firm located outside of a coastal hub from @Bloomberg@lizette_chapman
https://t.co/8HddOvZBQ0
We're announcing fund 8.
$500M to invest in early stage startups.
I've gotten to see both sides of Pelion.
As part of the team, we're obsessed with building Utah and our ecosystem. The partners and firm as a whole are full of some of the kindest people I've ever met.
Episode 14!
I have recency bias but this was probably the most fun convo we’ve had this year.
@jaltma just gets it.
There are lessons you only learn by walking the walk. And Jack has.
Hope you enjoy the convo as much as @thogge and I did.