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What is a Vision Worth Fighting For?

I speak with hundreds of aspiring consumer entrepreneurs and review thousands of fundraising materials and pitches each year. From all this…

2 min readJul 15, 2022

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What is a Vision Worth Fighting For?

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Five Reasons Why Zoom is the Next Big Platform to Launch Billion-Dollar Startups

Zoom Apps officially launched today!

9 min readJul 21, 2021

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Five Reasons Why Zoom is the Next Big Platform to Launch Billion-Dollar Startups

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Announcing our Investment in Luma to Enable Creators

We’re very excited to co-lead Luma’s Seed round alongside Venrock, and are thrilled to have a great group of co-investor VCs and early…

2 min readDec 7, 2020

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Announcing our Investment in Luma to Enable Creators

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Hope after the Coronavirus Pandemic: Are These 10 New Consumer Behaviors Here To Stay?

Due to the danger of the global spread of the Coronavirus, we’re all feeling under siege, trapped, and no longer free to do what we want…

10 min readMar 28, 2020

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Hope after the Coronavirus Pandemic: Are These 10 New Consumer Behaviors Here To Stay?

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Where did Zoom come from?

I suspect that after all the press Zoom is getting for their successful IPO, if you’ve never been invited to “Zoom,” you’re probably…

6 min readApr 18, 2019

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Where did Zoom come from?

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Bold Prediction: Consumers Will Become Comfortable with Fully Driverless Cars and Get More Access…

In 2019 we will see the first driver-free autonomous vehicles (“AV”) open to the general public without a human operator in the car. In…

3 min readJan 14, 2019

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Bold Prediction: Consumers Will Become Comfortable with Fully Driverless Cars and Get More Access…

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Jim Scheinman
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Maven Ventures

VC & Founder Philanthropy, ‘Silicon-Valley-Style’

During the holidays and season of giving, I’ve been reflecting on the special opportunities that we have as GPs in VC firms to support our…

4 min readDec 17, 2018

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VC & Founder Philanthropy, ‘Silicon-Valley-Style’

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Jim Scheinman

Welcome: Alexa Binns Joins Maven Ventures

Last spring, we announced we were on the hunt for a new associate. Many thanks for all those who sent us recommendations and applied…

3 min readOct 4, 2018

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Welcome: Alexa Binns Joins Maven Ventures

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Startups & Venture Capital

Meet the Experts in Hypergrowth at the Maven Retreat

We’re excited to announce our second annual Hypergrowth Retreat on Thursday, October 5th, in the Presidio in San Francisco. We first hosted…

2 min readAug 5, 2017

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Meet the Experts in Hypergrowth at the Maven Retreat

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Jim Scheinman
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Maven Ventures

Friendster: Lessons from a Missed $400B Opportunity

One of the important lessons I’ve learned over the past 20 years of startup life is that if you’re going to become a tech entrepreneur or…

3 min readMay 11, 2017

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Friendster: Lessons from a Missed $400B Opportunity

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Jim Scheinman

Jim Scheinman

The guy who came up with the name Zoom & invested early/Founding Managing Partner, Maven Ventures / TED Speaker / Entrepreneur / VC / Yosemite / Coach / Dad

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