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Former tech exec with a passion for scaling startups & working with awesome people. Now MD at Insight Partners & Board Partner/Advisor at Uncork Capital.

San Francisco
Joined June 2008
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This is what “building in public” looks like at its best: real work, real learning, and a front-row seat to how a product like Tough Crowd comes to life. Very proud of @ericbouck for putting it out there.
Can a solo engineer merge 500 pull requests a week with zero production incidents? I don't know, but I'm going to try to get there. And I'll publish my results along the way. The 1/500/0 Challenge: toughcrowd.dev/1-500-0
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Inception just launched Mercury 2 The first reasoning diffusion LLM, delivering up to 5× the performance of today’s speed-optimized models. @_inception_ai ⚡ Early access OPT-IN now open 🧪 Free public testing available Full breakdown + hands-on demo ↓ youtu.be/g3D3yYVCSYQ
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Developers, data engineers, growth marketers…this is the answer to how to connect systems together.
After many months of iteration, we are finally ready to open Lightyear up to the public! Frustrated with Zapier's limitations? Know how to code? Then you should really give Lightyear a try!
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Fascinating to see the shift to favor non-PLG companies in valuations over the last year. It's a bit counterintuitive, but the data and story it tells in this post are telling. This is in fact exactly what we did at HelloSign, and the hybrid model worked…lnkd.in/dm3uG6MQ
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Very worth a listen, especially if you’re trying to come up to speed on what’s happening with generative AI. May is a genius! lnkd.in/gCi5mJtG
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Great Forbes article on the founders of Writer and why the tech is so differentiated for businesses. Congrats May, @waseem_s and team!! So proud to be part of your journey. #generativeai #innovation #techgeniuses lnkd.in/gQGD8XSx
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This resonates with me so loudly....seems like every marketer is struggling with the issues discussed in this article. How do you get short term results without cannibalizing long-term growth investments? This quote in particular stands out to me: "Ther…lnkd.in/gm7fPJ6D
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All you developers out there frustrated with no-code tools, this one is for you!! Check out Lightyear for building integrations the way you want to. lnkd.in/gKE76v8v
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Calling all developers frustrated by no-code tools that block you from doing the integrations you want....the answer is @runlightyear !!
Exciting news! Our new website is up and we are are beginning to onboard users. Tired of building integrations with no-code interfaces? Lightyear lets you create them with Javascript instead. Sound interesting? Join our waitlist! runlightyear.com
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Every company is having the discussion about how to use generative AI across the business, from HR to Support to Marketing. This is an outstanding guide that everyone should be reading and sharing with fellow leaders to drive the right discussion on where…lnkd.in/gkp7_7ui
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So proud to be part of this incredible team! Insight Partners GrowthCap #number1 #growthcapital #startupfunding lnkd.in/gyeZ26Bg
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Insightful and actionable thread on creating your company's brand from a founder who's done it multiple times. @jalehbisharat shares the dos and don'ts, along with examples from her company, @mutinycorp. I also recommend checking out @Blueoceanai to quantify your brand's impact!
Everyone assumes I'm a quant marketer b/c I studied engineering. Sure, I can do math. But brand is what drew me to marketing. Apple taught us that good brands create moats. But most CEOs don't know that it also lowers CAC. Here are my lessons building Gusto & Mutiny's brands:
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We've had an outage in Olympic Valley for more than 24 hours with no estimate on a return to service and no communications beyond the initial notification of the outage. We could sure use some of the promised "top priority" service that you advertise! @OptimumHelp
Our crews are prepared and ready for the winter weather that’s coming towards the Auburn and Truckee, CA area. Find tips to stay connected at optimum.com/storm and sign up for text alerts in the event of a service outage.
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For all my developer friends out there!!
Hello world! Excited to announce Lightyear - the integration platform designed specifically for developers. Build integrations quickly and easily with code! Sound interesting? Check out runlightyear.com and join the waitlist. #buildinpublic
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Incredible advice here from @jalehr on how to inspire, motivate and align a company in a fully remote environment. teapawt.net/jalehr/status/15747381…
I used to believe that you could only build a successful company in person. The first 6 months of remote were so hard that I thought our company might fail. Now we're 100% remote & I can't imagine ever going back. The big unlock? A new operating rhythm. Let's break it down.
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