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

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

Zoom Apps officially launched today!
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Jim Scheinman
Jul 21, 2021
Retail Investing 3.0

Retail Investing 3.0

A New Era of Consumer Investing Platforms
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Jay Drain Jr.
Apr 22, 2021
Powering Generosity Through Our Investment in Pledge

Powering Generosity Through Our Investment in Pledge

With Pledge, every Zoom call, Clubhouse chat, Shopify store, and virtual event can become a fundraising opportunity for non-profits.
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Sara Deshpande
Mar 17, 2021
Announcing our Investment in Luma to Enable Creators

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…
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Jim Scheinman
Dec 7, 2020
Hope after the Coronavirus Pandemic: Are These 10 New Consumer Behaviors Here To Stay?

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…
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Jim Scheinman
Mar 27, 2020
Where did Zoom come from?

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…
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Jim Scheinman
Apr 18, 2019
Four Levers to Optimize your Funding Round

Four Levers to Optimize your Funding Round

Too many founders optimize their fundraising based on a single metric: valuation. Of course, I understand where this comes from, and the…
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Sara Deshpande
Feb 5, 2019
Bold Prediction: Consumers Will Become Comfortable with Fully Driverless Cars and Get More Access…

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…
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Jim Scheinman
Jan 14, 2019
How to Achieve Startup Hypergrowth, According to the Experts

How to Achieve Startup Hypergrowth, According to the Experts

We hosted Maven Ventures’ 2nd annual Hypergrowth Retreat last month to connect early stage founders from our portfolio and community to the…
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Rob Rav
Nov 21, 2017
Friendster: Lessons from a Missed $400B Opportunity

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…
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Jim Scheinman
May 11, 2017
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