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The Long March – Transitioning from a Start-up to a Growth Stage Company with Big Ambition

As featured on Fortune Term Sheet Congratulations Ms. Entrepreneur. After years of toiling and challenging insurmountable odds, you’ve finally moved through the gates of start-up hell. You’ve established product/ market fit, you’re 10x better that your competition and you’ve begunRead More…

The Growth Stage Recipe – Ingredients Required to Build a Big Winner

As contributed to Fortune Term Sheet For the few shining examples of enduringly successful high growth tech companies, there are far more that don’t make it.  Some of the most talented entrepreneurs fail to get their companies up and running,Read More…

Why I’m Writing a Series for Growth Stage Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs starting companies need and deserve a lot of support.  Creating something from nothing is clearly not for the faint of heart.  There are roadblocks in nearly every direction, but founders find ways to surmount even the most daunting obstacles. Read More…

My UP2012 Cloud Conference Presentation

This is the presentation I gave yesterday at the Up2012 Cloud event.  Its geared for Cloud entrepreneurs seeking venture funding. GGV Capital: Venture Investing and the Cloud (2012) from GGV Capital

On Bloomberg TV talking What’s New in Silicon Valley with Deirdre Bolton on MoneyMoves

Scaling Customer Support in the Cloud

Yesterday, I had the good fortune to host a panel on scaling customer support in the cloud at CloudBeat 2012 with Adrian McDermott, SVP of Product Development at GGV portfolio company Zendesk and Gavin Blair, Director of Technology Operations atRead More…

Why We’re Excited About Gridstore

Today Gridstore, the leader in next generation software-defined, scale out storage solutions, announced a $12.5 million fundraising.  GGV Capital is very excited to become an investor in Gridstore, co-leading this financing along with Onset Ventures. Gridstore was co-founded by Kelly Murphy, TomaszRead More…

Workday IPO Shows Entrepreneurs What Matters: Market Size, Profitability And, Yes, Pricing

As contributed to TechCrunch (October 13, 2012) The successful public market debut of Workday this past week was breathtaking. The initial filing range of $21 – $24 was raised to $24 -$26 while the company was marketing on its roadshow. The IPORead More…

Zendesk Raises $60M from GGV Capital and Others

Today Zendesk, the leader in SaaS-based customer service, announced a $60M financing, including $45M in equity, from GGV Capital, Redpoint, Index, Goldman Sachs and existing investors CRV, Benchmark and Matrix. Zendesk was founded in 2007 in Copenhagen Denmark by Mikkel Svanne and hisRead More…

Three Reasons Venture Capitalists Can Get IPOs Very Wrong

As contributed to Fortune, May 21, 2012 (full article text below) In 2010 and 2011, the four hottest pre-IPO Internet companies amongst venture capitalists were Facebook, Zynga, Groupon and Twitter – the “Four Horsemen” of the Internet as they wereRead More…