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1/ With a long history of partnering w/ founders from idea to IPO, we @GreylockVC are excited to announce 2 new updates to advance this mission: 1/ Fund 17, our new $1B early-stage fund 2/ Edge, a bespoke program to help founders initiate new companies
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1/ We at @GreylockVC are excited to announce we’ve raised $500M dedicated to seed investing. This is the industry’s largest pool of venture capital dedicated to backing founders at day one.
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We are thrilled to announce that @saranormous is Greylock's newest general partner. She is focused on helping entrepreneurs create and scale the next generation of important b2b companies. Join us in congratulating Sarah!
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We are shocked and deeply saddened by the heinous acts of terror committed against the Israeli people. Our hearts are with the victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel and our friends, founders, and teams in the country.
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Today, more than ever, technology is touching every aspect of consumers’ lives. We’re excited to have @mduboe helping entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of commerce, marketplaces, and network-oriented businesses.
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1/ We condemn racism, bigotry & hate. Greylock commits to do more to support the Black community in tech through our investing & recruiting. It’s a long road ahead, and there is much work to do. We are working on making this happen.
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Announcing Greylock's Fund 16 - a billion dollar fund, focused on consumer and enterprise tech at earliest stages. Grateful to the founders who invite us to share their journey; it’s our privilege to work with them
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Congrats @Roblox on today’s IPO milestone! We published @GreylockVC 's investment memo, where we advocated that we write one of the largest first-money checks in the firm’s history. You can also hear @davidsze 's #greymatter pod w/CEO @DavidBaszucki . $RBLX
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Congrats @bchesky @jgebbia @nathanblec and the entire @Airbnb team on today’s milestone! We at @GreylockVC are incredibly grateful to have been a part of your journey since Series A. Here @ReidHoffman reflects on what he learned from Airbnb:
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With Portals' 3D metaverse platform, creators can design and build rooms, buildings, and cities with simple drag-and-drop tools. No downloads or hardware needed. More on our @_portals_ seed investment from @saranormous , @mduboe , & @christinkers :
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We just announced our 15th fund. We are honored to help entrepreneurs start and build market-defining companies.
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We stand in support & solidarity of our Asian colleagues, entrepreneurs, and loved ones. To the AAPI community - and everyone who has been impacted and hurt by recent events - we see you and stand with you. #StopAsianHate
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As the trusted exchange infrastructure for the internet, @0xProject has enabled $157B+ in tokenized value to flow across 43M+ trades on major blockchains. We @greylockVC are thrilled to lead the Series B. More from @saranormous & @SethGRosenberg
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In just 9 months of existence, @MagicEden captured 92% share on Solana, seeing 40,000 NFT transactions daily. And May was the largest month yet. The Magic Eden team is one of the highest-velocity teams we’ve met & we are thrilled to co-lead the Series B w/ @ElectricCapital .
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Reid Hoffman's Top Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs and How to Build Massive Companies @quixotic http://bit.ly/hOoMeZ
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1/ Excited to work with @MLTOrg to help close the network gap and improve access & outcomes for people of color in the tech startup and venture capital ecosystem. #TeamMLT
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Welcome Josh McFarland @crazyfoo to the @GreylockVC team! He will be an incredible partner to entrepreneurs.
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Building a defensible business model. @jerrychen shares a deck on why systems of intelligence are The New Moats.
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Greylock has a long history of partnering with engineers & product leaders to initiate & incubate companies in large existing & new emerging markets. If you have interest in starting a new company with us, reach out! We are excited to partner, to help build the future together.…
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Want to hear how @EspressoSys is building the single-shot scaling & privacy infrastructure for Web3? Listen to their #greymatter podcast interview w/ @GreylockVC 's @SethGRosenberg
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"Five Lessons from Scaling Pinterest" A great distillation of important growth learnings from @sarahtavel .
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“Many marketplaces will be re-built with AI – either by start-ups or incumbents that are willing to blow up their product or business model... I’m betting on the start-ups” @GreylockVC ’s newest GP @SethGRosenberg outlines how to build an AI-first biz
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Pivots are not the exception. Any company that's going to be a long-term success will need to reinvent itself & pivot multiple times. @reidhoffman shares the history of @PayPal 's many pivots & offers guidance for startups in the latest #greymatter
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Not gonna lie...we are pretty excited about tonight's "Women in Tech(Crunch)" event. #bestswagever cc: @techcrunch
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"We're in the early years of a massively transformative era, what I call the Networked Age" Q&A with @reidhoffman .
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"The Five Types of Virality" @joshelman breaks down the different ways to make your product go viral.
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Thrilled to announce that @saammotamedi is our newest General Partner! We know that he will be a great partner to entrepreneurs building the next generation of foundational tech companies in data, ML, applied AI, application software, & cybersecurity.
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#Greymatter offers perspectives & stories from some of the world’s top tech founders and leaders. Guests share personal & insightful lessons while shedding light on common, relatable challenges in the entrepreneurial journey. Subscribe:
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Eye opening deck from @sarahtavel on the financial reality for millennials and why fintech is ripe for disruption.
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"You can't just sit on the sidelines." @GreylockVC @reidhoffman shares how his early passion for sci-fi & board games led to his influential career building & scaling today's leading tech companies. Read more from the @nytimes @dgelles #CornerOffice
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Congrats to @brian_armstrong and the entire @coinbase team on today’s historic IPO! ($COIN) As we celebrate their hard work and this accomplishment, Greylock's @crazyfoo reflects on this investment we made in 2017.
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Greylock's @saranormous is named to the @WSJ VC Women to Watch: Ten Women Fueling Tomorrow's Disruptive Startups.
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Amazing @TEDTalks from @jgebbia on how @Airbnb overcame the "stranger danger" bias by designing for trust.
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1/ Achievement unlocked: multiplayer design. Congrats to @Figma and @Adobe on an incredible new chapter together. @GreylockVC venture partner @johnolilly shares his reflections on partnering with Figma, starting at series A in 2014:
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Podcast: @simonrothman and @Sprig CEO @gaganbiyani discuss the future of the #ondemand economy. #greymatter
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Our partner @reidhoffman talks with @CBSThisMorning on the economic promise of artificial intelligence.
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Are difficult decisions slowing down your organization? Co-Founder and CEO @brian_armstrong shares a framework that helps @coinbase make decisions with clear communication and efficient execution. Read more here:
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Thrilled that @sarahtavel is joining @greylockvc as an investment partner! @DavidSze & @Jslavet share the news: http://t.co/k2zOr7xvQG
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"In order to effectively scale, a company's leadership needs to codify its culture" @reidhoffman at #nytnewwork
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"Growth teams have a clear purpose, and that purpose makes sense only if you have first found product-market fit." @GreylockVC 's Growth Advisor in Residence @onecaseman shares a new slide deck: What Are Growth Teams For, and What Do They Work On?
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What do I look for in a pitch? @saranormous shares advice to founders structuring a business plan. #StartupToScaleup
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"The Only Metric That Matters" How many people are really using your product? An updated post/deck from @joshelman .
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"Dropbox Hits $1 Billion Revenue Run Rate" Congrats @drewhouston @arashf and the @Dropbox team!
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. @GreylockVC @reidhoffman shares entrepreneurial lessons from his career in #blitzscaling . Read more via @Forbes
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In your company’s darkest moment, know this: You CAN pivot from failure to success. But only if you slash and burn everything that isn’t working. All new @mastersofscale with @reidhoffman & Slack’s @stewart . Listen here:
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"I predict that, in 2016, we will see at least one education network go mainstream." @reidhoffman in @wired
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"Culture is how you act when no one is looking." Great talk from @jasonkilar on how iconic companies scale culture.
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Celebrating @reidhoffman ’s 10 year anniversary at @GreylockVC . Thank you for your partnership and for your dedication to helping entrepreneurs start and scale their companies.
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. @reidhoffman shares how AI can revolutionize everyday life from transportation to medicine on the @TheDailyShow .
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IYCMI: LinkedIn's Series B pitch deck that was presented to @GreylockVC with thoughts on each slide by @reidhoffman http://t.co/KlePJ6oF0l
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"The Next Great Platform is the One That We Already Have" @joshelman on why there are still opportunities in mobile.
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Bringing digital currency investment to the mainstream. @crazyfoo announces our investment in @coinbase .
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. @GreylockVC partners @reidhoffman , @jerrychen , @joshelman & @johnolilly share their prediction for 50 startups that will boom in 2018 including: @NAUTODriver , @crew_app , @coda_hq , @discordapp and @gladly . via @businessinsider .
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We are excited to welcome @twephanie as @GreylockVC executive-in-residence! @johnolilly shares the news.
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#Greymatter podcast shares perspectives and stories from some of the world’s top technology entrepreneurs and business leaders. Subscribe here and never miss a new episode.
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The VC industry lost three great ones in the past few weeks: Don Valentine from @sequoia was an industry legend. Bob Henderson, an early partner at @GreylockVC was a class act. And Rob Chandra from @Bessemer who passed too soon. Condolences to the families & firms.
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Great overview of the voice space and the new era of multi-modal computing from @saranormous . #CES2017
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"What is on your roadmap? What's next?" @saranormous moderates the enterprise startups panel #launchfestival
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Congratulations @mduboe for being named to @businessinsider 's Rising Stars in Venture Capital!
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"The Mitochondria in Startups" @sarahtavel on how to attract and retain the most important startup employees.
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No startup Plan A survives contact w/ execution, the market, investors, employees, or competitors. That’s why you need a Plan B, or rather, Plans B. And perhaps Plan Z. Hear @reidhoffman on the importance of adapting in the latest #greymatter podcast
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A fundamental understanding of philosophy can be a powerful tool for entrepreneurship. On the latest #greymatter @reidhoffman & @chrisyeh discuss how lessons from Aristotle, Nietzche & Wittgenstein can apply to startups
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If AI is to serve the collective needs of humanity, how should it be built so it can understand human language, feelings, intentions & behaviors, & interact w/ nuance and in multiple dimensions? @drfeifei & @reidhoffman discuss on #greymatter
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How fintech startups are unbundling the roles of banks/financial incumbents by going over-the-top. via @Matt_Heiman
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"The most transformative ideas are not the ones that achieve broad consensus early on." @reidhoffman on #bitcoin http://t.co/8DBMKfzhQv
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Resetting the on-demand economy: How @Sprig and other services have evolved their ops and business models.
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Deep insight from @simonrothman into how Uber weaponized money to win and why the era of cheap capital has ended.
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VIDEO: @reidhoffman sits down with @emilychangtv to talk politics, the Microsoft deal, and the future of tech.
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We’re fortunate to have David Thacker ( @davthack ) back at @GreylockVC as our newest GP. He first joined us in the 2009 downturn, and we know he has the intellect, integrity, and heart to be a great partner to entrepreneurs in any environment. More:
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There’s always room for more lessons on #growth from @GreylockVC investor @mduboe . Listen to his convo w/ @moizali and @mrsharma on marketing, CAC and keeping up the w/ changing commerce landscape in the latest #Greymatter podcast.
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A safe path to scale autonomous vehicles- @reidhoffman announces our investment in @aurora_inno . We're excited to partner with @chris_urmson and the entire @aurora_inno team to help make self-driving a practical reality.
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"The (AI) cognitive industrial revolution is both glorious and concerning," says @reidhoffman of @GreylockVC & @inflectionAI . But AI can actually be part of the solution to the concerns. Check out his convo w/ @CNBC 's @JBoorstin
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Congrats to all the companies named to @Wealthfront 's 2019 Career-Launching Companies List including: @AviNetworks @blendlabsinc @convoyteam @demistoinc @Docker @GrandRoundsInc @Nextdoor @rubrikInc @SonderStays & @SumoLogic ! Check out the full list here:
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"Connect yourself to central nodes in the network" @reidhoffman offers advice on how to expand career opportunities.
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Align Revenue To The Value You Create. New blog post from our Growth Advisor @onecaseman on optimizing revenue strategy for subscription businesses.
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"Product distribution is more important than product." - @reidhoffman #productsf
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Ask these 5 questions to transform an idea into a lasting, impactful company. via @ansanelli @Entrepreneur
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New @Forbes Q&A with @GreylockVC 's @reidhoffman on why hypergrowth tech companies need to play by different rules.
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For the first time, @GreylockVC is looking for an AI Researcher in Residence. This role is ideal for someone transitioning between research or industry roles, or in late stages of a graduate program, looking to explore their next step.
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"Hire people better than you and different from you." @SherylSandberg on last week's @mastersofscale podcast.
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"Blitzscaling is what you do when you need to grow really, really quickly." @reidhoffman in @HarvardBiz
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Don't fail fast - learn fast. Know when to pivot, and know when to fold. @reidhoffman breaks down some myths and offers insights on one of the most common outcomes of startups in our latest episode of #greymatter
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1/ @jacobandreou is the newest general partner at @GreylockVC , where he'll back founders building the next generation of consumer software. Jacob joins us after 8 years at Snap, where he most recently served as SVP of Growth.
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"It's vital to launch a product early and then change it on the fly." What @GreylockVC partner and @LinkedIn founder @reidhoffman learned from an early failure. Read more via @WSJ :
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Will robots take our jobs? @reidhoffman says yes, but we will adapt. His thoughts in @TIME http://t.co/edGLXYzDbK
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2/ At Greylock, being the very first partner to entrepreneurs has always been in our DNA. We are willing to take true seed stage risk, which requires believing in and backing special founders at the idea stage.
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