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What Your CEO Won't Tell You About Your Stock Options

Mar 7, 2025

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6 min read

What Your CEO Won't Tell You About Your Stock Options

“The company that you held shares in: if it went to zero, would you regret that you didn't sell?"

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

VC

+21

Why PR Comes Before PMF

Feb 26, 2025

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3 min read

Why PR Comes Before PMF

“PR should be done at the very beginning, right from the very start.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

startup

+18

Investor Insights for African Startups with Capria Ventures’ Mobola da-Silva

Feb 24, 2025

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3 min read

Investor Insights for African Startups with Capria Ventures’ Mobola da-Silva

“We're getting a bit more creative in Africa around funding for startups.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

product led growth

+17

KarmaCheck CEO Eric Ly on Customer Discovery + Early Product Development

Feb 12, 2025

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3 min read

KarmaCheck CEO Eric Ly on Customer Discovery + Early Product Development

“We identified a pain point in corporate America that people often experience frustration with.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

startup

+19

2025 Cybersecurity Trends, Insights and Storytelling Advice from YL Ventures' Andy Ellis

Jan 27, 2025

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3 min read

2025 Cybersecurity Trends, Insights and Storytelling Advice from YL Ventures' Andy Ellis

"Reading the room is knowing when somebody already agrees with you.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

survey

+22

Mercury Raise 2024 Survey: Founder Challenges, Fundraising Trends, and the AI Hype Cycle

Dec 23, 2024

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3 min read

Mercury Raise 2024 Survey: Founder Challenges, Fundraising Trends, and the AI Hype Cycle

“The peer connection that founders have? It’s almost trauma bonding.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

startup

+17

From PhD to CEO: Sahil Agarwal of Enkrypt AI Shares Essential Lessons for Aspiring Founders

Dec 10, 2024

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3 min read

From PhD to CEO: Sahil Agarwal of Enkrypt AI Shares Essential Lessons for Aspiring Founders

"Don't pitch a technology. Pitch a story."

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

startup

+22

How to run a board meeting in 60 minutes

Nov 1, 2024

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3 min read

How to run a board meeting in 60 minutes

“Our motto is: ‘go towards where it hurts.’ Go fix it.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

VC

+17

Starting up in stealth

Oct 31, 2024

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3 min read

Starting up in stealth

"It’s much harder to be mediocre at a small startup," says TigerEye CEO/co-founder Tracy Young.

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

VC

+21

"To get something off the ground, it takes everything."

Oct 1, 2024

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3 min read

"To get something off the ground, it takes everything."

From tech worker to tech founder: Lessons from Naveen Rao (VP Generative AI, Databricks)

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

sri chandrasekar

+21

Point72 Ventures’ Sri Chandrasekar on the coming Series A crunch

Sep 12, 2024

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3 min read

Point72 Ventures’ Sri Chandrasekar on the coming Series A crunch

“I think we're six to twelve months away from the trough of disillusionment.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

customer discovery

+16

Using an AI co-pilot to kickstart your business

Sep 6, 2024

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3 min read

Using an AI co-pilot to kickstart your business

“Entrepreneurship, especially at the early stage, is an extremely multidisciplinary task.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

VC

+23

Lessons for early-stage AI founders from Pryon CEO Igor Jablokov

Aug 27, 2024

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3 min read

Lessons for early-stage AI founders from Pryon CEO Igor Jablokov

“Tech is as perishable as fruits and vegetables you can procure from Trader Joe's.”

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

VC

+22

“Our strategy is not investing to buy... it is not our end goal.”

Aug 14, 2024

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3 min read

“Our strategy is not investing to buy... it is not our end goal.”

Exploring early-stage trends with Kevin Weber, managing partner, Amex Ventures

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

PLG

+19

Overcoming barriers to AI adoption with SnapLogic CTO Jeremiah Stone

Aug 13, 2024

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3 min read

Overcoming barriers to AI adoption with SnapLogic CTO Jeremiah Stone

"You absolutely should be finding mundane, hard problems that are not solved well by enterprise technologies."

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

startup

+18

“When we started, AI wasn't a thing.”

Aug 6, 2024

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3 min read

“When we started, AI wasn't a thing.”

VAST Data CEO/founder Renen Hallak on early-stage customer discovery + acquisition

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

emerging investor

+16

S2E2: Drew Glover of Fiat Ventures: Capital-Efficient Growth and Discovering Diverse Talent

Jul 11, 2024

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3 min read

S2E2: Drew Glover of Fiat Ventures: Capital-Efficient Growth and Discovering Diverse Talent

"I'm typically looking for ways to make myself as available as possible."

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

entrepreneurship

+15

Transcript S2E1: Inside Intel Ignite with VP & GM Tzahi Weisfeld

Jul 11, 2024

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3 min read

Transcript S2E1: Inside Intel Ignite with VP & GM Tzahi Weisfeld

"Our mission is to accelerate groundbreaking startups. It's about the startups."

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

VC

+17

S2E1: Inside Intel Ignite with VP & GM Tzahi Weisfeld (UPDATED)

Jul 9, 2024

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3 min read

S2E1: Inside Intel Ignite with VP & GM Tzahi Weisfeld (UPDATED)

"In order to fit the program, you need to be willing to come and learn."

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

PLG

+15

Why I'm doing this podcast (and why you should listen)

Jun 27, 2024

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3 min read

Why I'm doing this podcast (and why you should listen)

Here are the three goals I've set for Fund/Build/Scale.

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

devops

+16

Episode 10: Two repeat founders share long-term strategies for building sustainable startups

Jun 18, 2024

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3 min read

Episode 10: Two repeat founders share long-term strategies for building sustainable startups

Advice from Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra and DevRev CEO Dheeraj Pandey

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

entrepreneurship

+14

Episode 9: From research to reality with Sorcero CEO Dipanwita Das

Jun 7, 2024

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3 min read

Episode 9: From research to reality with Sorcero CEO Dipanwita Das

"My TAM calculation was a bit amateur in the early years."

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

entrepreneurship

+13

Transcript | Episode 9: From research to reality with Sorcero CEO Dipanwita Das

Jun 7, 2024

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3 min read

Transcript | Episode 9: From research to reality with Sorcero CEO Dipanwita Das

"Someone we know suggested we use the frame, 'minimum lovable product.'"

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

entrepreneurship

+14

Transcript | Episode 8: Securiti CEO Rehan Jalil on scaling to $1M ARR (and beyond)

Jun 7, 2024

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3 min read

Transcript | Episode 8: Securiti CEO Rehan Jalil on scaling to $1M ARR (and beyond)

"That million-dollar mark may not be sufficient if it took a long time."

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson

entrepreneurship

+14

“The only metric is repeatability.”

May 14, 2024

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3 min read

“The only metric is repeatability.”

Episode 8: Securiti CEO Rehan Jalil on scaling to $1M ARR (and beyond)

Walter Thompson
Walter Thompson
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