We’ve noticed that people who are successful in VC have already formed relationships with people in technology and are incredibly resourceful. By Sarah Tavel (Vice President, Bessemer Venture Partners) We are looking to hire an Associate to join me and my colleague Jeremy Levine at Bessemer. This is a Silicon Valley-based opportunity, though we anticipate [...]
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Founding VMware CEO Diane Greene Joins Google Board; VC Sarah Tavel Promoted Bessener Venture Partners Vice President
January 13, 2012 – 6:00 pm
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Two pieces of sunny news for women in business and technology: As co-founder and CEO of VMware, Diane Greene led the company to an IPO the largest the tech industry has seen since Google’s. Recently, she was named to Google’s Board of Directors, bringing the number of [...]
The Developer Renaissance: An Investment Road Map For 2012
January 9, 2012 – 9:00 am
By Sarah Tavel (Senior Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners) What an exciting time to be in this business. The “post PC era” and cloud computing are colliding to create a perfect storm. First, thanks to the post PC era, demand for software is exploding. Second, thanks to cloud computing, software development is becoming increasingly accessible. There’s [...]
Reading This Post Won’t Help You (Hold Your Hand to the Fire)
November 23, 2011 – 5:02 am
By Sarah Tavel (Senior Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners) Several months ago, I wrote a post about the four stages of learning. Implicit in the transition out of stage 1 (the “enthusiastic beginner”) is the fact that to really learn something, you need to try to do it, and inevitably, do it wrong. Given the wealth of [...]
Day 3: Final Presentations At Women 2.0 Startup Weekend 2011
November 22, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Christina Gunarto & Angie Chang (Co-Organizers, Women 2.0 Startup Weekend 2011) On Sunday, the teams wasted no time working on their projects. The Hatchery was filled with both excitement and anxiety building up to pitch time. Everyone was full of energy, squeezing every last ounce of thought from their brains and coding away to [...]
Can Product “Disruption” Become a New Paradigm?
October 17, 2011 – 2:00 pm
By Sarah Tavel (Senior Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners) Facebook is an incredible company, and it’s incredible for many, many reasons. But one of the things that most impresses and amazes me is Facebook’s relentless reinvention. The company has disrupted its product, and therefore its users, on multiple occasions. I’m sure everyone remembers the backlash Facebook [...]
Is Your Product a Vitamin, a Painkiller or a Drug?
July 23, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Sarah Tavel (Senior Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners) It’s become commonplace to describe products as either painkillers (“need to have”) or vitamins (“nice to have”). Painkillers are products that address existing needs/pain points. Companies selling painkillers harvest customer demand; the prospects are already searching for someone to fix their problem and take their money. Vitamins [...]
The Importance of Entrepreneurs Being Coachable
May 12, 2011 – 7:34 am
By Sarah Tavel (Senior Associate, Bessemer Venture Partners) The other day, a very talented NYC-based entrepreneur asked me if I could grab lunch with him. He’s the CEO of a company whose user growth is the quintessential “hockey stick” ramp (so much so, that when he sent me the graph of his user growth, I [...]
