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Why Developers Are Fueling the Next $1 Trillion Software Wave

As seen on forbes.com Over the past two decades, two separate trillion-dollar enterprise software sectors have been created: SaaS software and public cloud. Today, we are in the early innings of the next trillion-dollar software wave: developer-driven software. These companiesRead More…

Founder Real Talk Episode #37 with Shlomi Ben Haim, Founder & CEO of JFrog

When it comes to understanding what it takes to start a software company in Israel and then grow it into a billion-dollar global business, there’s no one better to ask than Shlomi Ben Haim, co-founder and CEO of JFrog, providerRead More…

Founder Real Talk Episode #36 with Slavik Markovich, Founder & CEO of Demisto

After a brief Covid-19 related hiatus, Founder Real Talk is back in action! Episode #36 continues our Israeli Entrepreneur Series, a group of episodes dedicated to getting to know Israeli founders and their companies. My colleague Oren Yunger and IRead More…

Founder Real Talk Episode #35 with Roy Mann, co-Founder & CEO of Monday.com

Part I of Our Israel Series with Roy Mann, Co-founder & CEO of Monday.com Episode #35 of Founder Real Talk is particularly special as it’s the first episode we’ve recorded abroad and the first episode I’ve co-hosted with my GGVRead More…

Founder Real Talk Episode #34 with Sarah Nahm, Founder & CEO of Lever

On episode #34 of Founder Real Talk, I have the pleasure of interviewing Sarah Nahm, Founder & CEO of Lever, a recruiting software company that is tackling the most strategic challenge that companies face: how to grow their teams withRead More…

Founder Real Talk Episode #33 with Dheeraj Pandey, Founder & CEO of Nutanix

On episode #33 of Founder Real Talk, I had the great opportunity to interview Dheeraj Pandey, Founder & CEO of Nutanix, the cloud computing software company on a mission to make computing infrastructure invisible. Dheeraj’s story is remarkable, and he’sRead More…

2019 – Top 10 Books

For the past several Decembers, I’ve been sharing a list of my favorite 10 books from the year. This year I couldn’t limit myself to ten titles – I loved the 11 books below. If you’re interested in my favoritesRead More…

Founder Real Talk Episode #32 with Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder & COO of Cloudflare

On episode #32 of Founder Real Talk, I had the pleasure of interviewing Michelle Zatlyn, Co-founder and COO of Cloudflare, the company on a mission to help build a better internet. In just 10 years, Cloudflare is already securing 20Read More…

Founder Real Talk Episode #31 with Mark Mader, CEO of Smartsheet

On episode #31 of Founder Real Talk, I have the great opportunity to interview Mark Mader, the CEO of Smartsheet, the no code platform for enterprise achievement. Mark has run Smartsheet since 2006, taking a pre-revenue, six person startup thatRead More…

Founder Real Talk Episode #30 with Aghi Marietti, Co-founder & CEO of Kong

Episode #30 of Founder Real Talk was recorded live at a Heavybit speaker series event in Heavybit’s San Francisco clubhouse. I had the pleasure of chatting with Aghi Marietti, Co-founder and CEO of Kong, Inc. the API company on aRead More…