Welcome to VC Pathways - Podcast Introduction with Michael Skok
A quick intro to VC Pathways led by our host Michael Skok. Michael is renowned for his passion in helping others, especially in the startup and venture capital communities. With a 40-year career from a pioneer technologist to a prominent entrepreneur and trusted investor, he has demonstrated a dri…
The Big Bang
An easy way to understand what the early cloud did is to think of it like a public utility. The same way buildings depend on a common set of utilities — gas, electricity, and water — software projects depend on a common set of services: compute, storage, and database.
“Compute” refers to the powe…
Death To The Monolith
For Amazon to survive, they needed the cloud. But they had to invent it — and creating the cloud meant overcoming obstacles fundamental to the nature of software development at the time.
The main obstacle was what developers lovingly referred to as “The Monolith.” In Monolith architecture, it was…
Case Study | Managing the Emotional Rollercoaster of Selling Your Company
In June 2021, Rana el Kaliouby, the former Co-Founder and CEO of Affectiva, the creator of emotion AI, successfully sold her company to Smart Eye, the leading provider of human insight AI.
Despite many external indicators of success, Rana’s experience of going through an exit was deeply complex.…
Geoffrey Moore Speaks at Harvard Innovation Lab
Harvard Innovation Lab Presents: "Startup Secrets Wrap Up" with Michael Skok, partner at North Bridge Venture Partners and Geoffrey Moore, venture partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) and author of Crossing the Chasm and Escape Velocity.The Harvard innovation lab is a new and innovative initiati…
Episode 326: Dries Buytaert - Drupal & Acquia
Episode 326 of The VentureFizz Podcast features Dries Buytaert, Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and Co-Founder, CTO, and Chief Strategy Officer of Acquia.
Many of the most successful companies in tech were created by founders who built something that was to fill their own need. This was certai…
Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Mastering the Gift of Mutual Mentorship
Are you seeking a mentor but not sure of how best to leverage that relationship? Have you ever been in a mentor relationship and wondered how best to serve the mentee? In this workshop Michael Skok, a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, shows you how to develop best practices and get th…
Startup Secrets: Seize Your Story
Imagine you are pitching your startup to investors. You open with: "We're an AI-powered platform that leverages machine learning to optimize..."Phones out. Eyes glazed. Gone.Everything you've built. The breakthrough, the team, the vision. All of it hanging on a story you aren't telling.After 45 ye…
Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets Part 5: Wrap Up | Michael Skok and Geoffrey Moore
Presenting to a full house, renowned author, Geoffrey Moore, and Michael Skok took a closer look into gaining an unfair competitive advantage as an entrepreneur. The event commenced with a recap of observations and learning from the previous five workshops, followed by insights from Geoffrey Moore…
Harvard i-lab | Startup Secrets: Roadmap to Success
Michael Skok will share his roadmap of what is needed to build a startup, milestones along the way, and how to pull that pitch together to get the venture attention and funding your idea deserves. After the workshop you should have a better understanding of:Uploaded 01-12-14The holistic checklist …
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