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@DecibelVC

1 year

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Sudip Chakrabarti

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1 year

What an exciting week for @penpotapp ! We at @DecibelVC are thrilled to continue our partnership with the amazing @penpotapp team as they bring DesignOps to everyone - helping designers and developers collaborate seamlessly to deliver great user experiences.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

“When a company decides that what’s going on outside its four walls is as interesting as what’s going on inside its four walls is when it can partner with entrepreneurs and together invent the future” @jonsakoda on the culture @cisco

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

Entrepreneurs are working hard to challenge the status quo, and it's an important time for innovative leadership. This Friday, join us for a discussion with @RSherman_25 on how to push the boundaries of conventional thinking in our industry. RSVP here:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

"We must appreciate every person's contributions, because a team wins when we get it done together." Listen to this inspiring discussion between @RSherman_25 and successful entrepreneurs on how to build great companies and a winning culture. Watch:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

"Cisco just demonstrated what I think is a better way to peel that banana and it is called Decibel." @Cisco @ChuckRobbins @jonsakoda @salvagno #exponentialpower #unfairadvantage

Cisco’s Decibel Changes the Nature of Enterprise Funded VCs | IT Business Edge

A lot of interesting new ideas are floating around the market now that I think fall under the radar. Best practices, if you will, that just don’t rise to

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

Getting a company off the ground can be scary, but it's an experience many wouldn't trade for the world.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

The entrepreneurial journey is similar to one's own life journey. There’s loneliness, fear, pride, and growth. But one of the most important parts of the journey is learning how to quickly adapt during periods of change.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

Today we’re excited to announce the official launch of #TheDecibelPodcast — available on @Apple , @Spotify , and @Stitcher ! Tune in to Episode 1 to hear @jonsakoda in conversation with @dugsong , co-founder and CEO of @duosec (acquired by @Cisco for $2.4B).

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

I’ve learned so much from from experienced mentors. Creating something new is difficult, so I’m eager to be the kind of mentor that I sought out during my early years in this industry. – @mroesch , Founder of @Sourcefire and advisor at @DecibelVC

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

Twilio has some of the best #docs . @andrewtorkbaker shares how @Twilio builds lasting developer loyalty from #quickstarts , to #tutorials , to online training, to success metrics, to the type of talent he hires. #plg Read more:

Lessons from Twilio: How To Build Developer Loyalty with Docs and Dev Ed

Andrew Baker, Twilio’s Director of Developer Education, describes the playbook they use to build developer love. From API reference to quickstarts, to tutorials, to online training, to success...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

We’re thrilled to announce @frfrdufour as Decibel’s Marketing Partner and CMO in Residence. Please welcome François to the Decibel Family - our Q+A with François is here:

Announcing François Dufour as Decibel’s Marketing Partner and CMO in Residence

We are excited to welcome François Dufour to Decibel! Prior to joining our team as our first marketing partner, François was VP of Marketing at Twilio and has also served as interim CMO and advisor...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

If we are going to build a safer Internet, we need to work together. @dugsong talks about our investment in the first company to create a search engine for the world to see their networks, devices, and attack surface areas: @censysio .

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

Great teams great ideas... IEC finals #exponentialpower #CiscoInnovates #WeAreCisco

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

We are excited to welcome @otawakol as a Founder Advisor at Decibel! As a serial entrepreneur whose career spans 3 decades, Omar will advise founders on how to start and run companies through unprecedented times. His words for founders here:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

Lean into your ideas with an unrelenting passion. This is how we create new products and imagine new markets.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

1/2 🎉 We’re excited to announce our investment in @akuityio , a new startup behind the rapidly growing Argo #opensource project which makes it easy for developers to build applications using the power of #Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

At some point, every entrepreneur realizes that coming from behind is an advantage. You may not have much background, but that feeds the hunger to learn.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

1/2 🚀 Excited to announce our investment in @CredoAI , the first #AIGovernance platform that enables companies to build and deploy #ResponsibleAI systems at scale. Read more from @jonsakoda 's discussion with founders, @navrinasingh and @elichen here:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

We are excited to announce that Bhaskar Sunkara has joined Decibel as a Venture Partner! "Building @AppDynamics was the hardest thing I've ever done. At Decibel, I hope I can help founders navigate their own journeys through the lessons I've learned."

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

"Throughout his career, Dug has made a point to champion for the customer and has a no-compromise attitude when it comes to exceptional product quality." #TenIncredibleFacts about our Founder Advisor @dugsong @Cisco #foundershelpingfounders

10 Incredible Facts About Duo Founder Dug Song

Learn more about this entrepreneur and cyber security savant.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

How do you build strong developer communities? @vcoisne shared how he did it at @docker and @strapijs . Including: how to enlist ambassadors, scale meetups and measure community impact.

Engaging a Large Developer Community: Learnings from Docker and Strapi

Victor Coisne from Strapi and previously Docker shares how to identify and get to know your advocates, what developer community swim lanes to create, how to motivate your ambassadors and more.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

"Before you take any advice, remember no one knows your business better than you. Some first-time founders make the mistake of trying to follow all the advice they get, but other people’s opinions are just that—opinions." - @PamKostka

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

We're thrilled to announce our investment in @cmd_security ! @JonOberheide , co-founder and CTO of @duosec , shares his thoughts on the Vancouver-based cybersecurity company and founders @JakeKing and @MilunTesovic .

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

The newest episode of #TheDecibelPodcast is out! On today's episode, our Founding Partner, @jonsakoda , speaks with @eastdakota , Co-Founder and CEO of @Cloudflare on how he went from bartender to founder of one of the most successful startups built in the last decade and more...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

Does your product target developers? Then technical blog posts should be an essential part of your #GrowthEngine . @Copypastaa (Head of Growth @getCensys ) and his former team at @pusher figured out how to massively scale that channel. Learn how they did it:

How Pusher Scaled Content Production and SEO for Developers

Writing good technical blog posts - with code - to increase your developer traffic is tough. This is how Pusher aced it.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

🎉 We’re excited to announce our investment in @propelo_ai , a rapidly growing engineering excellence platform which helps modern engineering teams accelerate their software delivery. Check out our full Q+A with founder @nishantdoshi here:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

Find people who know more than you and are willing to believe in your ideas.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

We are honored that Bhaskar Sunkara joined us as a Founder Advisor. His counsel is invaluable to our portfolio companies and his story is one of passion and flexibility. #foundershelpingfounders #exponentialpower @Cisco @AppDynamics

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

Storytelling is an important part of the early startup journey. Successful startups are often built by founders who are amazing storytellers.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

If you have a great idea, take the time to stop and really explore it. Lean into the idea with unrelenting passion.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

We are excited to announce that open source entrepreneur and successful investor Alessio Fanelli @FanaHOVA has joined Decibel as our newest partner.

Welcoming Alessio Fanelli as Decibel’s Newest Partner

We are excited to announce that Alessio Fanelli has joined Decibel as our newest partner. As an open source entrepreneur and successful investor who immigrated to the US, Alessio understands the...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

1/2 Today we're excited to announce our investment in @thecubejs , a fast-growing open source company that makes it easy for developers to build interactive data applications on any cloud data warehouse. 🚀🚀🚀

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

1/ Today, @Spotnana announced a terrific Series A financing. We’re excited to bring in our own expertise in product-led go-to-market models and our deep network of enterprise customers to help them with the next phase of the business. Read more here:

Spotnana: Business Travel. Upgraded.

Today, Spotnana announced a terrific Series A financing - raising $34 million - a true reflection of the team, company and business Sarosh and Shikhar have built in a remarkably short time. As I came...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

So proud to count @mroesch as part of the @DecibelVC Founder Advisor team! Recognizing that "success is really about people", Marty is an invaluable advisor to Decibel's founder's. #foundershelpingfounders @Cisco

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

Looking forward to partnering with the incredible women of @Cisco @Janey_C_H , @_amychang , @gerri_elliott (just to name a few) #exponentialpower #foundershelpingfounders

Jon Sakoda

@jonsakoda

5 years

There are many incredible women @Cisco who lead by example. One of the most influential and impactful for me was @Janey_C_H who was instrumental in the creation of @DecibelVc #thankyou #respect

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

We’re excited to announce our investment in @PushSecurity , a new cybersecurity company that uses conversational AI to help users protect themselves while using SaaS applications at work. Read our Q&A with the founders to learn more:

Push Security: Enlisting Users in Your Cybersecurity Defense

Today, we’re excited to announce our investment in Push Security, a new cybersecurity company that uses conversational AI to help users protect themselves while using SaaS applications at work. Push...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

Congrats to our portfolio company @thecubejs on the launch of Cube Cloud (fully managed hosting of Cube applications) today! 🚀 This is just the beginning... Read the full announcement from @keydunov + @paveltiunov87 here:

Announcing Cube Cloud: Managed hosting of Cube applications - Cube Blog

Cube Cloud: run Cube applications in the cloud of your choice.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

"If you are going to dedicate your life to something, try to make a dent in the universe." – @jonoberheide

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

Sometimes, the best ideas sometimes come during the most challenging times.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

It was exciting to find a partner in @Cisco @salvagno @ChuckRobbins - by evolving the conventional VC and corporate investing models, we have created a new way for entrepreneurs to get access to resources and help at a time and stage when they need it most #exponentialpower

Rob Salvagno

@salvagno

5 years

Today, @Cisco announces the launch of @DecibelVC – the FIRST early stage #venturecapital created as an independent entity by a major #technology company. Looking forward to this journey with @JonSakoda ! #foundershelpingfounders

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

1/2 We're thrilled to welcome @chakrabartis to the team as our newest Partner! Sudip started two companies and got his PhD in computer engineering at @GeorgiaTech before becoming a VC investor at @a16z , @lightspeedvp , and @MadronaVentures .

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

Huge congrats to the entire team at @akuityio ! We’re thrilled to be partnering with you for this journey 🚀

Akuity

@akuityio

2 years

We're excited to announce that: 🎉 We've raised an additional $20M in Series A funding 🚀 We've launched the Akuity Platform Closed Beta program 💻 We're hiring for engineering, recruitment, and technical marketing roles Find out more at #kubernetes

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

It's official! @ArchanaRao20 , CIO of @Atlassian , is joining us at our How to Sell to the CIO event next week! Founders will learn about CIOs, what they prioritize, and how to build a trusted relationship for long-term outcomes. RSVP here:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

We're live on @Webex with @jonsakoda and @otawakol and sharing advice on building companies during a pandemic, finding product-market fit, and fundraising in difficult times. Join the live discussion here:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

The desire to create something new and meaningful should overpower any fear of failure.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

For our next installment of our #ProductLedGrowth Playbook, @dannguyenhuu spoke with @tlberglund from @confluentinc about building #community and developer relations at product-led companies. Read more here:

Building Community and Dev Rel at Product-Led Companies

So, you are building a product-led or open-source company that focuses on a developer audience. How do you build a following? And, how do you support that community once you’ve built it?

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

We're excited to announce that @mohitlad and @rveloso , founders of @thousandeyes (recently acquired by @Cisco for a reported $1B), have joined Decibel as Founder Advisors. Together, they shared their inspiring story and advice for founders in this Q&A. 👇

ThousandEyes Co-Founders Mohit Lad and Ricardo Oliveira Join Decibel as Founder Advisors

We are excited to announce that Mohit Lad and Ricardo Oliveira, founders of ThousandEyes (recently acquired by Cisco for a reported $1 Billion), have joined Decibel as Founder Advisors.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

We are excited to announce our Series A investment in @penpotapp , a rapidly growing open-source design and prototyping platform loved by designers and developers in more than 10,000 companies around the world.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

The best advice and mentorship for founders comes from experienced entrepreneurs. Join us on Friday for a live discussion with @JonSakoda of @DecibelVC and @JonOberheide of @DuoSec on how founders can manage through the current environment. Register:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

"If you’re trying to do something new or ambitious, there’s plenty of people willing to tell you why it won’t work. Never let those people discourage you." - @mroesch

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

CMOs and Revenue leaders from Asana, Snyk, Zapier, UpWork, Notion, Databricks, New Relic, Momentive and more joined the event that @frfrdufour , our CMO hosted. Great discussions about leading through crises, #plg , #SaaS and friendships. Thanks all for bringing such great energy!

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

When building a company during uncertain times, @jonoberheide offers these tips to new founders: - Focus 100% on being a "must-have" for your customer. - Sell painkillers, not vitamins. - Maintain a strong internal operations culture. More:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

Founders deserve investors who have conviction when it’s early and unproven and are willing to commit meaningful resources and capital at the earliest stage.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

Sometimes, the best ideas come during the most challenging times.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

Last week, we joined @RSherman_25 , @kdkramer1 , and @ChuckRobbins at @Cisco for an inspiring discussion on how to build a championship team. In Richard's own words, “We all need to lead by example and that starts with showing up for your team." 💪

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

Tomorrow! Join us for a live discussion with @JonOberheide on how he founded @duosec shortly after the 2008 financial crisis and how founders can manage through the current environment. Register:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

3 years

Episode 4 of #TheDecibelPodcast is out now! Tune into Episode 4 to hear our Founding Partner, @jonsakoda , in conversation with @jonoberheide , Co-founder and CTO of @duosec (acquired by @Cisco ) to hear about the “not illegal” way he met his Duo co-founder ( @dugsong ) and more...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

“Creating a startup is hard. In the role of being a VC, you have an opportunity and an obligation to founders to help them defy the odds... and I'm doing everything I can to show up for them when they need us most.” - @dannguyenhuu More 👉

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

🎉 We're thrilled to announce our investment in @MagnifySoftware , a startup that is transforming enterprise customer experience through post-sales orchestration. Check out our full Q+A with CEO @joshcrossman here:

Magnify: Automating Post-Sales Customer Experience. At Scale

Today, we’re excited to announce our investment in Magnify, a startup that is transforming enterprise customer experience through post-sales orchestration. Magnify automates and optimizes the many...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

“Decibel as an example of how Cisco continues to innovate on everything—even on how it innovates.” @salvagno @jonsakoda @_amychang @MartyRoesch @dugsong @jonoberheide

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@DecibelVC

4 years

One of the most important parts of the entrepreneurial journey is learning how to quickly adapt during challenging moments.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

The Builder Content Team at @twilio fueled the inbound engine for Twilio’s #PLG with developers. @mattmakai shares his org chart, best practices, recruiting tips, and KPIs in @frfrdufour ’s latest article

The Developer Content Playbook that Fuels Twilio's PLG at Scale

The Builder Content team at Twilio counts 20 people who write educational content for developers, Product Managers, IT, Software Architects, etc. It’s become an essential inbound engine for Twilio’s...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

The vast majority of successful startups are acquired, but the corporate M&A process is often bewildering to many founders. We asked @didemoto of @Cisco_Invests to share some of his wisdom for founders who are new to the M&A process.

Dispelling the Myths of Getting Acquired

Derek Idemoto The vast majority of successful startups are acquired, but the corporate M&A process is often bewildering to many founders. We hosted Derek Idemoto, SVP of Corporate Development and...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

5 years

"I was a young teenager on the other side of the world who only had access to ESPN and MTV, I pictured America as this huge sports nation where everyone drank Gatorade & threw giant hip hop parties" @Cisco @AppDynamics @jonsakoda #foundershelpingfounders

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

Best practices from @rachelhepworth , Product and Growth Marketing Leader at @NotionHQ and ex Director of Growth Marketing at @SlackHQ . She covered: team structure, key metrics, main activities, approach to segmentation. #PLG #productledgrowth

Notion’s Foundations of Product-Led Growth & Marketing: Insights from Rachel Hepworth

Notion's Head of Growth and Product Marketing shares her best practices on Product-Led Growth: team structure, key metrics, main activities, and approach to segmentation.

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

2 years

How do you nail community-led when your product creates superfans? @camillericketts and @benln spoke with @frfrdufour about how they turned #Community and #Social into the largest source of sign-ups for @notionHQ . Read more here 👇

Community-led Growth: How Notion Grew a Global Community of Advocates and Influencers

Community and Social have become Notion’s largest top-of-funnel channels. Learn why and how Notion’s Marketing team engaged their product superfans and turned them into advocates globally, how they...

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@DecibelVC

4 years

Don’t blame yourself when times are tough or bad. Focus on the lessons, nurture a culture of growth, and keep pushing.

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@DecibelVC

4 years

With most employees now working from home, it’s hard to identify suspicious activity when all the activity looks different than it did two weeks ago. Hackers know this. @cmd_security is sharing how to secure mission-critical clouds and data centers.

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@DecibelVC

5 years

We've always been inspired by your story @jonoberheide ! Excited to be working together #foundershelpingfounders

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@DecibelVC

4 years

We’re excited to announce our investment in Abacus AI, a cloud-based AI platform that makes deep learning simpler and easier to use. Here’s more from @flex_cio and @bindureddy on the immediate results Abacus has created for @Flexintl .

Abacus: Predicting Your Future Has Never Been Easier

We’re excited to announce our investment in Abacus, a cloud-based AI platform that makes deep learning simpler and easier to use.

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@DecibelVC

3 years

Every founder has fears. Allow it to focus you, to motivate you, and make it work for you.

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@DecibelVC

4 years

The right guidance at the right time can dramatically change your trajectory. Trust in experienced founders who have stood in your shoes.

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@DecibelVC

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Jéssica Leão

@jesslionness

7 months

Week 4 and have already brought a new color (and a new mascot 🐶!) to @DecibelVC

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@DecibelVC

3 years

A small group of customers who love your product is better than a large group of customers who are ok with your product

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@DecibelVC

5 years

“Last year we grew an entire Slack in 10 months,” @_amychang @DecibelVC Founder Advisor on leading @Cisco to think like "a giant start-up". #Foundershelpingfounders

Cisco

@Cisco

5 years

New digital capabilities are transforming enterprise #collaboration says @_AmyChang , SVP of Collaboration. Read how she's spearheading new innovations to @webex : @WSJ

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@DecibelVC

2 years

How does @Vercel leverage the popularity of @NextJS , their open-source, to sell their enterprise solutions to development teams while staying authentic to their developer-first roots? @kevinvangundy shares best practices here: #plg #PLGtoSales

From Open-Source to Enterprise: How Vercel Built a Product-Led Motion on top of NextJS

How to create and scale your monetization when you have a vastly popular open-source project while staying authentic to your developers-first roots. Kevin Van Gundy, CRO at Vercel, shares Product-led...

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

It's almost time! Next week, we're bringing together an intimate group of proven technology CIOs with experienced founders who are leading innovation for the future. Join us and hear from the CIOs at @Atlassian , @Box , @Cisco , and @rubrikInc . RSVP:

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@DecibelVC

4 years

“As founders, our two most important resources are passion and flexibility. Passion will give you the drive to pursue something great, and flexibility will give you the ability to bend your vision to fit the needs of the market.” - Bhaskar Sunkara, Founding CTO of @AppDynamics

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@DecibelVC

2 years

How did @MuleSoft leverage its #opensource traction to monetize its #enterprise and #cloud offering? Our newest #PLG playbook article highlights insights from @SEMSEOExpert about this topic. Check out the full article here:

From Open Source to Enterprise: Product-led Growth to ABM Lessons from MuleSoft

How MuleSoft leveraged its open-source traction to monetize its enterprise and cloud offering. Learn how they added an account-based motion on top of their Product-Led one.

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@DecibelVC

3 years

We're thrilled to announce our investment in @RumbleDiscovery ! Rumble is a rapidly growing network and asset discovery company founded by serial entrepreneurs @hdmoore and @chris_kirsch . Read their founding story in this Q&A:

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Decibel

@DecibelVC

4 years

As a fast-growing startup headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, @censysio is looking for people who care about helping organizations protect themselves, their customers, and their data. Open roles at @censysio 👇

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@DecibelVC

4 years

A team wins when they get it done together.

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@DecibelVC

3 years

2/2 We asked the founders, Hong Wang and @JesseSuen , to share their vision for how @akuityio and Argo will change how applications are delivered in the #cloud in our founder Q&A:

Akuity: Setting Sail with Argo for Every Cloud-Native Journey

Today, we’re excited to announce our investment in Akuity, a new startup behind the rapidly growing Argo open source project which makes it easy for developers to build applications using the power...

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@DecibelVC

4 years

As CTO of the @NBA , @kbhagava and his team were on the front lines of bringing basketball back online. Now entering the #NBAFinals , Krishna shares how they deployed novel technologies to enhance player safety and engage millions of fans.

Tech in the NBA Bubble: A Conversation with Krishna Bhagavathula, CTO of the NBA

As CTO of the NBA, Krishna Bhagavathula and his team were on the front lines of bringing basketball back online during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Focus on getting product adoption. Don't focus on getting the purchase order.

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In today's Founders Helping Founders session with @dannguyenhuu , @davemerkel shares his experience at @Mandiant (acquired by @FireEye , Inc. for $1B) working with the FBI to find hackers, building @expel_io , and his wisdom for new cybersecurity founders.

Founders Helping Founders with Dave Merkel of Expel

Dave Merkel As the former CTO at Mandiant (acquired by FireEye for $1B), Dave Merkel saw the rise of nation-state attacks like Google Aurora. In 2013, when Chinese hackers broke into The New York...

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We’ll see @RSherman_25 on the field this weekend at #SuperBowlLIV . Off the field, he’s investing in interesting startups, like @vicispro , and advising talented founders at @DecibelVC on how to build championship teams and push boundaries in tech.

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"A culture of innovation and learning is one that is devoid of blame. If everyone is engineering in fear, it is hard to do your best work and move quickly." – @AsharRizqi , Co-Founder and CEO of @Blamelesshq

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We are thrilled to be working with @jonoberheide AND @dugsong as a Founder Advisors. #UnfairAdvantage #foundershelpingfounders

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@MichiganVCA

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"Jon Oberheide, a founder who sold his company, @duosec , to Cisco for more than $2B last year, is currently working with one of Decibel’s portfolio companies already as an advisor." 🎉 Read more about the news via @TechCrunch :

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Never underestimate the power of an entrepreneur with an itch to solve a problem.

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A culture of innovation and learning is one that is free of blame. If everyone is in fear, it is hard to do your best work.

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On today’s episode of #TheDecibelPodcast , @jonsakoda speaks with Oliver Friedrichs of @TryPhantom about the lessons he learned as a four-time successful entrepreneur and his advice for first-time founders anxious for a successful exit.

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What's the most effective way to monetize a successful open-source project? Go open-core or Cloud-first? @pierre_burgy , CEO of @strapijs explains what he decided and how he recommends others approach such a decision. #opencore #opensource #cloudfirst

From Open-Source to Enterprise: How Strapi Designed Their Commercial Product Offering

How best to monetize a successful open-source project? Go open-core or Cloud-first? Pierre Burgy, CEO of Strapi explains what he decided and how he recommends others approach such a decision.

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Our latest OSS Spotlight Series highlights Michele Riva ( @MicheleRivaCode ) who spoke to @chakrabartis about building @lyra_search , a modern, dependency-free, full-text search engine:

Lyra: Fast, In-memory, Full-text Search Engine

Sudip Chakrabarti spoke to Michele Riva, creator of Lyra, a fast, in-memory, typo-tolerant, full-text search engine. Michele shared with us his motivation behind creating Lyra and how he is keeping...

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👋🏻 Are you a data scientist struggling to get your code from development to production? You might want to check this out.... @me_dorx and @chakrabartis chat about how her open-source project @lineapy_oss is doing just this! #OSS

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Every data scientist struggles to quickly get their code from development to production. In our next @DecibelVC OSS Spotlight, we chat with @me_dorx on how her open-source project @lineapy_oss is helping data scientists rapidly get to production:

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The best mentors will push you to be the best version of yourself. 🙌

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“I am more grateful to some of my mentors and coaches than they would ever know.” @RSherman_25 told us that one of his HS coaches gave him 4x the workout that his teammates got. ‘Good mentors will bring greatness out of you that you didn’t know you had.’ 🙏🏻💪🏼 @DecibelVC @Cisco

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In today's Founders Helping Founders episode, we chat with @_amychang , founder of @accompany - acquired by @Cisco for $270M, about her inspiration to start a company and why every founder should be ready to take out the trash at the end of a late night.

Founders Helping Founders with Amy Chang of Accompany

Amy Chang As a first-generation American, Amy’s journey in Texas as the daughter of immigrants fueled her desire to take risks and lean into the unknown. Fast forward to 2018 and Cisco acquired her...

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What @DecibelVC would be like without our rock star, Tanya Dargel! We are thankful for everything she does to run the show. #AdminProfessionalsDay @jonsakoda

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"...embrace the power of feeling uncomfortable." We are excited @sp_mallik joined us as a Founder Advisor to work with our founders as they "push the limits". #uncomfortable #foundershelpingfounders @Cisco #CiscoHX #HyperFlex #HyperFlexAnywhere

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Product-Qualified Leads play an essential roles in #PLG playbooks. Learn from @hjawharkar (in conversation with @frfrdufour ) how @SlackHQ , @Zendesk and @Atlassian used them:

Product-Qualified Leads And Product-Led Growth: Lessons from Slack, Atlassian, and Zendesk

Insights from Atlassian, Slack and Zendesk on how product-led growth companies can leverage PQLs. Harsh Jawharkar covers what PQLs are and when they should be used, as well as how to create an...

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