How Toast, founded in Boston with a $500K investment from Endeca's Steve Papa after VCs shunned it, became a $30B business, in part by avoiding the Bay Area
- Toast's first backer, Steve Papa, invested in the company because no venture capital firm would write the initial check. Tweets: @jordannovet , @strngwys , @luoshengpeng , @arbuge , @jamespchuck , @...
Interview with Semil Shah, founding GP of Haystack, on getting rejected from jobs at VC firms, innovation in the VC industry, Miami as a “tech hub”, and more
a path of following a technology, or trying to solve a problem, or building things with friends, etc. — and let the outputs fall where they may” Such an excellent interview, with so many powerful take...
Recent news serves as a reminder that operators in startups and venture capital should work to ensure their investors are not bad actors
I got an email from the CEO of one of our portfolio companies last week. — It asked a very basic question, but one that I don't recall being asked before: Tweets: @gaberivera , @bznotes , @austinfis...