Mike Maples, Jr.Pattern Breaking Startup Ideas:The 3 Powerful Forces Most Often Overlooked8 min read·Mar 5, 2024----
Mike Maples, Jr.Welcome to Pattern Breakers(if you are interested in getting regular updates and keeping in closer touch, you can subscribe to my newsletter at…4 min read·Feb 24, 2024----
Mike Maples, Jr.Greatness refuses mediocrity“The last American commercial aircraft startup, founded privately by entrepreneurs, was Douglas Aircraft, 101 years ago, in 1921.”8 min read·Dec 16, 2022--1--1
Mike Maples, Jr.inStarting GreatnessSarah Leary and Startup Lessons of Greatness: Hack Value Before Hacking GrowthI was excited to interview Sarah Leary, co-founder of Nextdoor, on the Starting Greatness podcast this week.7 min read·Dec 2, 2019--1--1
Mike Maples, Jr.inStarting GreatnessAndy Rachleff and Startup Lessons of Greatness: You need a breakthrough insightI thought a lot about who to interview first for Starting Greatness. I decided to go with Andy Rachleff, co-founder of Benchmark Capital…5 min read·Dec 2, 2019--1--1
Mike Maples, Jr.inStarting GreatnessGo TimeToday marks the beginning of the Starting Greatness podcast.6 min read·Dec 2, 2019----
Mike Maples, Jr.Welcome, Shawn Xu…Floodgate’s newest Thunderlizard HunterSeed investing has come a long way since its early days as a crazy experiment almost fifteen years ago. I remember regular get-togethers…3 min read·Jul 29, 2019--2--2
Mike Maples, Jr.Hot Teams and MoonshotsAs many of my friends and colleagues have know forever, my favorite human achievement is the NASA moon landing.6 min read·Jul 20, 2019--3--3
Mike Maples, Jr.What would you do with a chance to save a life?TLDR: Daniel Rose, age 15, needs our help ASAP. He has a rare form of leukemia and is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant…4 min read·Jul 10, 2019--1--1