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Antoine Buteau

Antoine Buteau

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Lessons from Sarah Catanzaro, GP at Amplify Partners

On Investment Philosophy and Venture Capital 1. On Her Core Investment Thesis: "I invest in the tools that I wish I had earlier in my career; tools that enable us to collect, store, manage, analyze, and model data more effectively." [1] 2. The 'Practitioner Turned Investor'
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Lessons from Pat Grady, partner at Sequoia

On Founders and Leadership 1. On the two most important things when assessing founders: "There are kind of two things that I care most about when assessing Founders so one is founder market fit and two is the vector that describes them. The market determines how big a company
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Lessons from Maggie Hott

As a prominent figure in the tech industry and a key leader in OpenAI's go-to-market strategy, Maggie Hott has shared numerous insights on building and scaling successful sales organizations. Drawing from her extensive experience at companies like Eventbrite, Slack, Webflow, and OpenAI, her advice offers a
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Lessons from Saumil Mehta

Saumil Mehta, a prominent figure at Square (now Block) and former CEO of LocBox, has shared a wealth of knowledge on navigating leadership without formal authority to the intricacies of organizational design. On Leadership and Influence 1. On leading without authority: The initial step to effective leadership without direct authority
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Lessons from Sarah Friar, CFO OpenAI

Sarah Friar is a respected leader in the tech industry known for her roles at OpenAI, Nextdoor, and Square. On Leadership and Management 1. On the essence of leadership: "To make everyone else be their best self, to do the best work of their lives: that's what
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Lessons from Paige Paquette of Calyx Consulting

Paige Paquette, a prominent figure in developer marketing and co-founder of Calyx Consulting. 1. "Developers are just people. Treat people like people. Treat them with courtesy, treat them like they're intelligent, and they will respond." [3] 2. "If you treat anyone with courtesy and
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Lessons from Justin Gage

On Marketing to Technical Audiences Justin Gage's core philosophy revolves around authentic and helpful engagement with developers, whom he sees as a practical and solution-oriented audience. 1. "The secret (hint: not a secret) to marketing to developers is the same as marketing to anyone: understand your
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Lessons from Nat Friedman

On Technology and Innovation 1. "As human beings it is our right (maybe our moral duty) to reshape the universe to our preferences. Technology, which is really knowledge, enables this." [1][2] 2. "You should probably work on raising the ceiling, not the floor." [1][2]

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