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Accelerating tech venture growth. Views are my own.

Philadelphia, PA
Joined May 2016
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The adventure continues... @amir_goldman
12 years, 48 companies, 1 billion dollars invested. Thank you to the people and companies that have joined us on this journey! @amir_goldman ow.ly/mB9l50kjJLU #growthcapital #milestones #sgeteam
2 of the top 10 deals of the year in Chicago with @perkspot and @goevive – not too shabby! americaninno.com/chicago/end…
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WhiteSource was an early mover in software composition analysis (the method to detect these vulnerabilities). Its valuation (around $200m) is double that of its competitor, Snyk, which raised $20m a few weeks ago. Relatively modest numbers for a growing problem.
WhiteSource nabs $35M to track open source code for security vulnerabilities tcrn.ch/2CqY9yW by @ingridlunden
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“The louder he talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.” Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Economist | Mission implausible economist.com/news/business/…
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Super interesting analysis on twitter trolls sponsored by Russia 53eig.ht/2mRI6Bo
MIT fed an AI data from Reddit, and now it thinks of nothing but murder theverge.com/2018/6/7/174374… via @Verge
Not sure this is a optimal use of 20 years of life.. “U.S. adults spent 5.9 hours per day on digital media in 2017”. recode.net/2018/5/30/1738511…
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At 10 year MBA reunion, great to be back - quite a change in grad employers from 2008 @KelloggSchool
“Graveyards are full of indispensable men” Charles de Gaulle
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An old Chinese proverb: If you want one year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.
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Should customer value engineering be part of customer success or sales?
Is your sales rep expected ARR obtainment 5-6x target comp? Great podcast hosted by @HarryStebbings itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/…
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“If you can’t measure something, you can not improve it” Lord Kelvin
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Is your lifetime customer value 3x acquisition cost? Can you recover that acquisition costs in less than 12 months? SaaS Metrics 2.0 - A Guide to Measuring and Improving what Matters forentrepreneurs.com/saas-me…
“Because of the Internet, no one cares where good content comes from. It only matters if it is good content”. @IndoJacco @pizarrowrites
Last 15 minutes are excellent - importance of a proactive sales approach and lead qualification (by humans), in particularly as martech and salestech tools advance itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/…
Location based insights for everyone - SAP Atlas with Henning Kollenbroich in a downtown SF builder event. @maxwellelliot
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The future of ERP is AI, by @MariaKorolov - bit.ly/2Ba95Od
Ancient Rome? Software? Check out my latest blog post. @"Episode 2: Ancient Rome and the Rise of the Machines" linkedin.com/pulse/episode-2… on @LinkedIn
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