Ascent Venture Partners2018 Ascent RecapWelcome to Ascent’s 2018 recap blog post. We couldn’t be more thankful for the opportunity to work with the smartest, most passionate and…Jan 23, 2019Jan 23, 2019
Ascent Venture PartnersAWS RE:Invent Recap—Hybrid Cloud is Real. Even Amazon says so.The highlight of AWS Re:Invent is always the much anticipated keynote from CEO Andy Jassy. This year, over a three hour span, Jassy took…Dec 21, 2018Dec 21, 2018
Ascent Venture PartnersBoard Meetings are Not to Be Feared, but LeveragedThe general role of a board is to provide oversight, guidance, feedback, governance and accountability. With board meetings, as with many…Nov 15, 2018Nov 15, 2018
Ascent Venture PartnersTalent Acquisition Tech: It’s About Automation, Not AI. Yet.At HR Tech 2018 “Artificial Intelligence” was the phrase of the week, slapped onto as many tag lines as possible. But after demo-ing many…Sep 26, 2018Sep 26, 2018
Ascent Venture PartnersHow the Splash Customer Team Transformed the CompanyCustomer account management, which includes customer success, customer support and implementation is the key to a growing a SaaS business…Aug 14, 2018Aug 14, 2018
Ascent Venture PartnersWho Will Buy Your Emerging Software Company?As entrepreneurs who have been through the fund raising process know, this question is one they should be prepared for when speaking with…Jul 24, 2018Jul 24, 2018
Ascent Venture PartnersVC Due Diligence is a Two Way StreetBorrowing an enterprise sales term, the “funnel” for startup opportunities at a venture firm starts very wide and ends up extremely narrow…May 29, 2018May 29, 2018
Ascent Venture PartnersReimagining the Future of Work in the EnterpriseThe world of work as we know it is in a state of flux — automation, robotics and other digital innovations are altering the fundamental…Apr 26, 2018Apr 26, 2018
Ascent Venture PartnersA VC’s Notes from SaaStr 2018As an early stage enterprise tech investor, I was excited to go back to SaaStr Annual this year. For VCs, industry conferences are great…Mar 19, 2018Mar 19, 2018
Ascent Venture PartnersHow to Raise Your Series AEarly stage investing has remained exciting and seen healthy, even increasing, capital flows since 2010. While it is defined differently by…Feb 23, 2018Feb 23, 2018