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Nobody Cares About Your Big Idea

Nobody Cares About Your Big Idea

As an early-stage consumer VC with a laser-focus for efficiency, few things make me wince more than meeting brilliant entrepreneurs…
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Shawn Carolan
My Humble Request For AI: Help Me Focus!

My Humble Request For AI: Help Me Focus!

Our work days are filled with a never-ending barrage of audible pings and flashing badges from our email, Slack, Twitter, social media…
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Shawn Carolan
How Roku Thought Outside the “Box”

How Roku Thought Outside the “Box”

Disclosure: Menlo Ventures is an investor in Roku.*
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Shawn Carolan

How Entrepreneurship Showed Me Love

One year after laying off team Handle (now back in business thanks to @kgellci) and six months after rejoining Menlo Ventures, I’ve taken…
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Shawn Carolan

Back to the Not-So-Dark Side

Today I’m excited to announce my return to Menlo Ventures as a Managing Director to lead our consumer technology practice following my time…
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Shawn Carolan

The Art of the VC Teaser

The goal of a VC teaser is simple, to get a meeting. Businesses are complex and it’s impossible to describe the details of yours in the 60…
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Shawn Carolan
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