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🎙️ Host of Next Unicorn Podcast: The Next Great Tech Startups & Founders; Stanford Master's Thesis Research: "How to Invest in the Next Unicorn: Venture Capital Investment Selection..."🚀; former U.S. Fulbright Fellow
🤯 🚀 Unlock the secrets to building successful enterprise software startups! Check out the latest episode of 🦄 Next Unicorn Podcast — an interview with Lars Leckie, Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm specializing in early-stage enterprise software startups. Aspenwood Ventures was rebranded from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, the first venture capital firm focused exclusively on software. Founded in 1989, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners was incredibly successful from its first fund and operated for over 30 years as a pioneer in the enterprise software space.🚀 In this episode, we dive into: - What makes Aspenwood Ventures unique among VC firms - Success stories: Aspenwood Ventures investments - The Aspenwood Ventures investment thesis - Market inflection points leading to startup successes - AI & opportunities for startups - AI startups Aspenwood Ventures is betting on - Winning strategies in a saturated enterprise software market - Key success factors in Lars’ most profitable investments - Being non-consensus and right & timing your market entry - How to maximize runway and time your market entry - How to win large customers as an early-stage startup - Finding the best early-stage startups, founders & ideas - How best to think about an enterprise software market map - Lessons Lars has learned about how to be a great venture capital investor 👉 Listen now: 🎥 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/gE-hD89Z 🎙️ Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gb3NgEqA 🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/g2UuQMZq Aspenwood / Hummer Winblad investments discussed in this interview include: MuleSoft, Five9, Vidoso, Klue, Ethyca, and more. #startups #founders #venturecapital #vc #entrepreneurship #innovation #startup #AI #artificialintelligence #software #enterprisesoftware #SaaS #B2B
This sounds like an insightful episode! 🚀 Lars Leckie’s expertise and Aspenwood Ventures' impressive history in the enterprise software space are bound to provide some valuable perspectives. Excited to dive into the discussion on AI and startup strategies! 🎧
Managing Director at Aspenwood Ventures
2moIt was a fun discussion - thanks Sasha Earnheart-Gold for making this happen.