We’re launching IVP’s 18th fund at an intense— and promising — time for the industry. Instead of a typical announcement about raising $1.6B to support breakout technology companies, we decided to answer some of the questions on founders’ minds.
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The @IVP CEO Summit on AI last week was an absolutely incredible event. A highlight for me was Shantanu Narayen from @Adobe and @alighodsi from @databricks discussing overcoming organizational inertia to make sh*t happen and enforce change, wrt to moving to a subscription business model and CI sw dev cycle and creating the lakehouse data architecture, respectively.
Warning! VC narrative violation 🚨
99% of board meetings are a massive waste of time & resources.
🧵@attentiveHQ founder @BrianCLong + I reveal:
Why CEOs shouldn’t keep their board in the dark & how to turn board meetings from CEO pageantry into the MOST valuable 3hrs/quarter
Introducing the #IVPEnterpriseAI55 List 🚀 A curated selection of top AI companies for operators, showcasing momentum & category leadership. Your go-to resource for navigating the AI landscape.
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One of the greatest risks to a startup is losing focus. That’s why brand positioning is critical: it aligns your business around purpose and the reasons why your customers should choose you over others (1/2)
In true @IVP fashion, I’ve been heads down for over a year, supporting companies. I couldn’t be more jazzed to stand side-by-side with this thoughtful, hard-working, and humble team focused on helping break-out companies become enduring market leaders.
Today, we’re announcing the addition of 3️⃣ leaders who strengthen critical functions that make or break portfolio companies. Learn more about each team member 👇 . 🧵1/4
Working with founders and entrepreneurs, I often draw on what I learned from those who coached me before and during my pro athletic career, running for Nike. I wrote about a few standout lessons and want to share: https://t.co/leO07z48tv
Congratulations to our own @TheMichaelMiao for being included on the @joinEVCA list of 2022 rising stars! Michael is a sharp, selfless & tireless resource for founders. We’re proud to have him on our team.⚡
Crypto winter is here ❄️. I was on the @Coinbase board until 2021 and led its Series D for @IVP. I’ve lived crypto cycles since 2013. Here are my predictions on how and when this crypto winter will end, and how to emerge stronger. 🧵👇/1
We’ve long seen the value of helping our portfolio companies build more diverse teams to drive faster growth, higher profitability, greater innovation, and more advantages over their homogeneous counterparts. That’s why…🧵
Love this. Unreasonable responsibility!Find people who can play and then give them more responsibility than they know what to do with. The best always surprise you with their capacity.
Congrats to @CackF - @IVP’s newest GP and a new extraordinary colleague and friend. Read her thoughts on the evolution of #web3, analytics, and transactional databases. If you are a founder in this space, she is a must speak to resource. https://t.co/MTXWW39b0E
Delighted to share that @IVP has promoted Cack Wilhelm (@CackF) to GP. More on her journey and how she sees the future of web3, cloud and analytics playing out. #web3#datainfrastructure https://t.co/U0KbmDZruz
In my latest Forbes article, I explore the golden age for natural language processing. Featuring superstars in the field @ClementDelangue , Richard Socher, and Noga Leviner who are democratizing NLP. https://t.co/hI8afb7SVr
“The vaccine is not a force field that stops any virus from crossing your path,” said @GGronvall. “It’s an education program for your immune system so that if you do have an intruder, a virus that infects you, your immune system is ready to pounce.” https://t.co/1GrPrSR0rD