Lyft Founders - Gamechangers

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Gamechangers

Entrepreneurs can learn from the wisdom of the trail of those that have done it before. Get inspired by rules of the road for building iconic companies.

CloudSimple - Gamechanger

POV /

Gamechangers

Entrepreneurs can learn from the wisdom of the trail of those that have done it before. Get inspired by rules of the road for building iconic companies.

Poshmark - Gamechanger

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Gamechangers

Entrepreneurs can learn from the wisdom of the trail of those that have done it before. Get inspired by rules of the road for building iconic companies.

HashiCorp - Gamechanger

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Gamechangers

Entrepreneurs can learn from the wisdom of the trail of those that have done it before. Get inspired by rules of the road for building iconic companies.

Brighter CEO Jake Winebaum - Gamechanger

POV /

Gamechangers

Entrepreneurs can learn from the wisdom of the trail of those that have done it before. Get inspired by rules of the road for building iconic companies.

Nuvia founders - Gamechanger

Our Learnings /

Gamechangers

Entrepreneurs can learn from the wisdom of the trail of those that have done it before. Get inspired by rules of the road for building iconic companies.

Founder Stories

Partnered Early

The HashiCorp Journey: The Rise of a Cloud Powerhouse

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

How the NUVIA Dream Team Built a New Age Silicon Company

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered Early

Transportation Will Change; Core Values Won’t at Lyft

Consumer | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

How Volterra Dreamed Big, Then Focused Its Way to 300% Growth

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

Portworx’ Secret Formula for Startup Success: Sell First, Build Later

Enterprise | Company Building | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

How the Rancher No-Drama Team Quietly Built a Kubernetes Leader

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

Dancing with Giants: How CloudSimple Succeeded Among the Titans of Tech

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered Early

How Outreach Grew Into A Category-Leading SaaS Powerhouse

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

Saving Billions of Lives with Next Generation CRISPR Company Mammoth

Human & Planetary Health

Partnered at Inception

Taking the Heat: How Frore Systems’ New Cooling Chip Unleashes Your ...

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

KiwiCo: Doing Well While Doing Good

Consumer | Gamechangers

Partnered Early

Improving Planetary Health with Lyndon and Peter Rive and Elon Musk

Consumer | Company Building | Gamechangers

Partnered Early

Private: Resilience Spotlights: Fireside Chat with Phil Fernandez

Enterprise | Company Building

Partnered Early

Minting a New Currency for Digital Advertising

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

A Security Merger in the Cloud

Enterprise | Gamechangers

Partnered at Inception

Three Pivots to Better Healthcare

Human & Planetary Health | Gamechangers

Founding Voices

Company building is a marathon, and it helps to have insight from founders who have been there before.

Viewpoint | Oct 4, 2022

Founding Voices: Get Out of Your Own Way

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Jul 17, 2023

Founding Voices: Embracing Serendipity

Enterprise | Newsletter | AI | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Jun 6, 2023

Founding Voices: Clarity Creates Competence

Enterprise | Newsletter | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Feb 14, 2023

Founding Voices: Talk Early and Often

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Aug 1, 2023

Founding Voices: The Road is Longer Than You Think

Enterprise | Newsletter | AI | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Jun 14, 2023

Founding Voices: Make Your Case to Transform the Status Quo

Enterprise | Newsletter | Semiconductors | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Sep 14, 2022

Founding Voices: Culture Starts at the Top

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Nov 1, 2022

Founding Voices: Know the Story Behind the Product

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Sep 14, 2022

Founding Voices: Why Founders Should Prioritize Their Own Needs

Consumer | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Feb 1, 2023

Founding Voices: Know When to Listen to Your Gut

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Sep 14, 2022

Founding Voices: Why a Shared Vision is Essential

Human & Planetary Health | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | May 2, 2023

Founding Voices: Who Do You Want to Build With?

Human & Planetary Health | Newsletter | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Sep 27, 2022

Founding Voices: Focus on Product to Rise Above the Field

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Nov 15, 2022

Founding Voices: Through Thick and Thin

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Sep 9, 2022

Founding Voices: How Markets Help Products Evolve

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Apr 20, 2023

Founding Voices: Project Your Principles to Attract Your Community

Consumer | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Sep 14, 2022

Founding Voices: Prioritizing Fit Over Skills

Consumer | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Aug 29, 2023

Founding Voices: Dream Boldly, and Move with Purpose

Human & Planetary Health | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Aug 29, 2023

Founding Voices: The Right Dose of Reality

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Jan 17, 2023

Founding Voices: Embrace Uncertainty to Find Your Own Path

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Viewpoint | Oct 31, 2022

Founding Voices: Empowerment Drives Growth

Enterprise | Founding Voices

Our Perspective

As a venture firm with over 50 years of experience, where we have invested in over 550 companies, of which 120 have had IPOs and over 225 have been acquired, we’ve seen what it takes to go from concept to iconic company. Here’s what we’ve learned along the way.

Viewpoint | Sep 29 2023

Navin Chaddha: Helping Entrepreneurs Achieve Their Dreams

Enterprise | Company Building | Semiconductors | AI

News | Aug 30 2023

A People-First View of the AI Economy | ...

Company Building | AI

Viewpoint | Aug 9 2023

5 Questions Investors Should be Asking Inception-stage Generative ...

Enterprise | Company Building | AI

Video | Jun 30 2023

Built to Last – Where Will the Next ...

Human & Planetary Health | Company Building

Viewpoint | Jun 21 2023

Silicon Catalyst – Fireside Chat with Navin Chaddha

Enterprise | Company Building | Semiconductors | AI

Viewpoint | Jun 12 2023

10 questions early-stage founders should be asking investors

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 25 2023

How to pitch me: 5 investors discuss what ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Dec 5 2022

How Startups Can Survive The Downturn With Financial ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Dec 1 2022

Working with Mayfield: Trust, Radical Candor, and a ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Nov 14 2022

How to Recession Proof Your Company | TechCrunch ...

Company Building

Podcast | Nov 8 2022

Navin Chaddha featured on Danny in the Valley ...

Company Building | News

Article | Nov 7 2022

How to Recession Proof Your Company | TechCrunch ...

Company Building

Article | Nov 2 2022

Getting to Yes and What Happens Next: An ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jul 26 2022

Here’s What Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha Looks for in ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jul 7 2022

The Optimist’s Playbook

Company Building

Viewpoint | May 24 2022

Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha: I’ve looked at clouds from ...

Company Building

Article | May 9 2022

Evolving from Scientist to Founder | TechCrunch Early ...

Human & Planetary Health | Company Building

Article | May 9 2022

Setting the Foundation for Built-to-Last Companies | TechCrunch ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Article | May 9 2022

Going from 0 to Leading Web3 Platform Company ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Mar 24 2022

Survival Tips for Startup Founders Living Through their ...

Company Building

Video | Oct 27 2021

From Inception to Iconic: All Raise x Mayfield

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Aug 27 2021

What is happening to risk-taking in venture capital?

Company Building

Podcast | Aug 3 2021

Building a People First Culture | Outlier Academy

Consumer | Company Building

News | Jul 22 2021

NoSQL Database Couchbase Makes Public Debut with IPO

Enterprise | Company Building | News

Video | Jun 18 2021

5 Essential Moments in Building a Company

Human & Planetary Health | Company Building

Video | May 27 2021

Collision: Building the Zone of Trust

Consumer | Company Building

Video | May 20 2021

Navin Shares Lessons Learned from his Journey at ...

Conscious Capital | Company Building

Viewpoint | May 10 2021

Navin Chaddha Shares 4 Crucial Steps to Take ...

Company Building

Video | Apr 21 2021

How HashiCorp Works: Building and Scaling a Remote ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Mar 10 2021

Insights From Partnering With Six Breakout Infrapreneurs

Enterprise | Company Building

Entrepreneur Journey | Jan 28 2021

Portworx’ Secret Formula for Startup Success: Sell First, ...

Enterprise | Company Building | Gamechangers

Viewpoint | Jan 24 2021

Hooks and Upsell: Product and GTM Strategy for ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Jan 13 2021

Working with Mayfield: One Mark of a Great ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Video | Jan 7 2021

Open Core Summit 2020 Keynote: HashiCorp CEO Dave ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Nov 3 2020

Building a Zone of Trust Between Founder and ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Sep 10 2020

Enterprise Tech in 2020

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Jul 13 2020

Navin Shares His Perspective on Working From Home

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jun 16 2020

Five Ways You Can Raise Capital Right Now

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jun 10 2020

Engineering Biology Company Building

Human & Planetary Health | Company Building

Viewpoint | Jun 9 2020

Navin Chaddha Shares Perspective on COVID-19 Impact to ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | May 22 2020

Resilience Spotlights: Fireside Chat with HashiCorp CEO Dave ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | May 7 2020

Rules of the Road for Creating Iconic Companies ...

Company Building

Video | May 6 2020

Resilience Spotlights: Fireside Chat with John Hennessy

Company Building

Article | May 5 2020

Session with Navin Chaddha — Quora

Company Building

Viewpoint | May 4 2020

Thriving in Tough Times: Making Remote Meetings Successful

Company Building

Viewpoint | May 4 2020

Thriving in Tough Times: Building Community Trust in ...

Company Building

Video | Apr 28 2020

Resilience Spotlights: Fireside Chat with John Chambers

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 27 2020

Thriving in Tough Times: Selling to CXOs – ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 27 2020

Thriving in Tough Times: How to do Effective ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 22 2020

Resilience Spotlights: Fireside Chat with Jake Winebaum

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 20 2020

Thriving in Tough Times: Sales Strategies for Today’s ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 20 2020

Thriving in Tough Times: Leadership Lessons with John ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 13 2020

Thriving in Tough Times: Christopher Lochhead Shares how ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 6 2020

Thriving in Tough Times: Key Learnings from Reputation ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Mar 16 2020

Corporate Engagement – A Guidebook for Entrepreneurs

Company Building

Viewpoint | Mar 9 2020

Trust & Brand: How Chris Morgan Helped Build ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Feb 24 2020

From $5 Million to $1 Billion: How Tableau’s ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Feb 3 2020

From Good to Great: How Go-to-Market Leaders Transform ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Dec 14 2019

How a Crisis can Turn a CEO into ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Oct 31 2019

Five Tips for Effective Entrepreneur-Investor Pitch Meetings

Company Building

Viewpoint | Sep 13 2019

Mayfield Turns 50: Insights from 5 Decades of ...

Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Mayfield Host Navin Chaddha: ...

Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Stanford President Emeritus John ...

Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | HashiCorp Co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto: ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Moat Co-founder Jonah Goodhart: ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Cisco Chairman Emeritus John ...

Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Lyft Co-founder John Zimmer: ...

Consumer | Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra: ...

Consumer | Company Building

Video | Sep 13 2019

People First Network | Elastica & Securiti Founder ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Sep 7 2019

How to be Successful with Distributed Teams

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Aug 22 2019

What Makes A Great Startup Board Member

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jul 29 2019

Shaping the Future with Mission Bio’s Internship Program

Human & Planetary Health | Company Building

Viewpoint | Jun 28 2019

Focusing on Company Values with InfluxData CEO, Evan ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | May 17 2019

From Compliant to Inclusive – Accessibility at SmartRecruiters

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | May 10 2019

What Surviving An Arctic Snowstorm Taught Me About ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | May 10 2019

5 Keys to Building a Successful Remote Team

Company Building

Viewpoint | May 8 2019

Why Startups Should Diversify Their Boards Early

Conscious Capital | Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 19 2019

Outreach & Mayfield: Conversations in Diversity & Inclusion

Conscious Capital | Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 18 2019

Retaining All-Stars with Refresh Grants – Tips and ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Mar 25 2019

Benefits Trends for the Millennial Workforce

Company Building

Viewpoint | Mar 6 2019

Building a People-First Company

Company Building

Article | Mar 5 2019

The Four Key Elements to Scaling Health IT ...

Human & Planetary Health | Company Building

Viewpoint | Nov 19 2018

Leadership Lessons from John Chambers

Company Building

Viewpoint | Nov 19 2018

Overnight Success Now Requires a Little More Time

Company Building

Viewpoint | Oct 19 2018

Four Leadership Lessons From A VC To First-Time ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Oct 3 2018

Building Synthetic Biology Companies at Scale

Human & Planetary Health | Company Building

Article | Aug 30 2018

Mayfield Seasoned SaaS Investor Rajeev Batra Shares View ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jun 29 2018

Four Questions Every Founder Should Ask Potential Investors

Company Building

Viewpoint | May 7 2018

Navin Chaddha Shares POV on Venture Industry

Company Building

Podcast | May 1 2018

How ecommerce startups can win against Amazon

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 12 2018

Five Rules Every Startup Should Live By

Company Building

Viewpoint | Mar 16 2018

Navin Chaddha Shares Insights about Lyft and more ...

Consumer | Company Building

Entrepreneur Journey | Feb 2 2018

Improving Planetary Health with Lyndon and Peter Rive ...

Consumer | Company Building | Gamechangers

Viewpoint | Jan 8 2018

Digital Identity Drives Gigya’s DNA of Success

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | Oct 23 2017

Stanford President Emeritus Dr. John Hennessy Shares Insights ...

Company Building

Video | Apr 12 2017

Rishi Garg on Staying Sane While Selling Your ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Feb 23 2017

Turning Great Companies into True Franchises

Consumer | Company Building

Podcast | Feb 15 2017

Curiosity, Spark, and Building a Better Model

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jan 9 2017

6 Reasons Why Digital Health Startups Will Fail

Human & Planetary Health | Company Building

Viewpoint | Nov 23 2016

7 Strategies to Lead Your Board

Company Building

Viewpoint | Nov 11 2016

All Industries Are (Becoming) Tech Industries — How ...

Company Building

Podcast | Aug 31 2016

Choose your people first

Company Building

Podcast | Aug 17 2016

Making Sense of Digital Media

Company Building

Podcast | Aug 4 2016

Passion cannot be short term

Company Building

Podcast | Jul 7 2016

The Kitchen Sink Cabinet

Company Building

Article | Jun 13 2016

“The Future of Work” Ebook 

Company Building

Podcast | Jun 10 2016

The Accidental Entrepreneur

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jan 29 2016

Top 10 Insights of 2015 from Tech’s Leading ...

Company Building

Podcast | Dec 15 2015

The importance of letting go as a leader

Company Building

Podcast | Dec 2 2015

Having passion for the problem

Company Building

Podcast | Nov 11 2015

The big fish and little fish of leadership

Company Building

Podcast | Oct 28 2015

The value of long-term relationships

Company Building

Podcast | Oct 14 2015

Bringing Data to the Customer Experience

Company Building

Podcast | Sep 30 2015

Bootstrapping and Taking The Long View

Company Building

Podcast | Sep 16 2015

Starting a movement

Company Building

Podcast | Sep 9 2015

Staying True To Your Vision

Company Building

Podcast | Sep 2 2015

People Make Products

Company Building

Viewpoint | Jan 30 2015

Our Answer to the “Why India Now?” Question

Company Building

Viewpoint | Nov 14 2014

Our View on the Reasons for Optimism During ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Aug 30 2014

Five Factors in Building Giants of the Big ...

Enterprise | Company Building

Viewpoint | May 26 2014

Tech’s next most powerful role will be dominated ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | Apr 12 2014

A Wearables Startup Playbook

Consumer | Company Building

Viewpoint | Mar 29 2014

Our Advice to Start-Up CEOs

Company Building

Viewpoint | Nov 12 2012

Rules of the Road for the Era of ...

Company Building

Viewpoint | May 11 2012

Gamification: Insights And Emerging Trends

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