ERIC KINARIWALA: How Capsule is Connecting the Healthcare SystemEric and Jenna discuss how Capsule is reimagining the healthcare system by building a brand rooted in “looking after each other” as well as the team's commitment designing
an empathetic product and company. [ 33 Voices ] 20VC - TIM CHANG, MANAGING DIRECTOR @ MAYFIELD FUNDTim Chang is a Managing Director @ Mayfield Fund and Tim was referred to me by many other VCs as ‘the fittest man in silicon Valley’, notable tech publications even write it. His eclecticness does not stop there as he is also a musician in 3 bands and a serious body hacker. As for his investments, he has had AdChina (acquired by Alibaba), Playdom (acquired by Disney) and Basis (acquired by Intel) just to name a few. Prior to Mayfield, he spent time at notable institutions including General Motors and Norwest Venture Partners. This Slack VP Has the Cheat Codes for LeadershipLeadership can’t be faked, but it can be hacked a little. Michael Lopp has worked for Apple, Pinterest, Peter Thiel’s shadowy intel company—Palantir and now he runs the engineering team at Slack, the cloud-based intranet service. It turns out that this high level tech exec also likes playing Destiny, the first person shooter from Activision. Playing online has taught him a lot about leadership, because it encourages the kind of teamwork that requires someone to take the helm. In certain Destiny multi-player modes, if there’s no one making decisions, everyone dies and no one has fun. [ Observer ] Which Round Will Be The Hardest To Raise In 2017?Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Let’s take a look at the Crunchbase data for US startups. Seed rounds have seen the greatest growth since 2010 from approximately 1000 rounds per year to more than 4000 rounds per year in 2014. In 2016, they also saw the greatest drop, 37%, to about 2500. Series As and Bs counts grew 40% from their 2010 figures before falling 20% in 2016. They follow the same pattern, but not nearly to the magnitude of seed rounds. Michael Seibel on VRMichael Seibel of Y Combinator |