Rory O'Driscoll
Burlingame, California, United States
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Steering with a Madman in the Car
Steering with a Madman in the Car
Can you imagine steering a car and getting directions from a manic depressive in the back seat? Most venture-backed…
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The Re-Acceleration is real
The Re-Acceleration is real
By Rory O’Driscoll Late last year when all our companies were planning for 2021, many teams put out aggressive plans…
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2021 Whisper Numbers: Startups Plan for Significant Enterprise Software Re-Acceleration
2021 Whisper Numbers: Startups Plan for Significant Enterprise Software Re-Acceleration
Scale collects quarterly data and annual projections from our portfolio companies then shares portfolio-wide data back…
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The Big Budget Question for 2021: How Much Re-acceleration Is Realistic?
The Big Budget Question for 2021: How Much Re-acceleration Is Realistic?
Less than a year ago all our portfolio companies approved “normal” 2020 budgets under circumstances that now seem a…
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Admitting Ignorance: Planning in the Time of COVID
Admitting Ignorance: Planning in the Time of COVID
A framework for scenario planning right now and a way to think about “inside” rounds I have spent the last week working…
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Building a SaaS leader with conviction and grit
Building a SaaS leader with conviction and grit
Today the New York Stock Exchange began trading shares of BILL, marking the public debut of Scale portfolio company…
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Investing in the Cloud: From Gold Rush to Hunger Games and Beyond
Investing in the Cloud: From Gold Rush to Hunger Games and Beyond
SaaS or cloud has been the motherlode of enterprise software investing for two decades now. Venture investors…
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Ten things I learned about venture capital in twenty-four years of trying to do it
Ten things I learned about venture capital in twenty-four years of trying to do it
Today we announced the closing of our sixth fund at $400MM and after twenty-four years in venture I just signed for at…
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NEW on Change Agents: Karthik Narasimhan has spent his career working on autonomous agents, now as an Associate Professor of CS at Princeton and Head…
NEW on Change Agents: Karthik Narasimhan has spent his career working on autonomous agents, now as an Associate Professor of CS at Princeton and Head…
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"Startup Killer" That's what loads of people called OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent when it was released last week. Like clockwork, this reignited the "why…
"Startup Killer" That's what loads of people called OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent when it was released last week. Like clockwork, this reignited the "why…
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The AI talent wars are in full swing and it’s not just the large labs landing shiny names, it’s Resolve AI. ICYMI - Rushin Shah, the brain behind…
The AI talent wars are in full swing and it’s not just the large labs landing shiny names, it’s Resolve AI. ICYMI - Rushin Shah, the brain behind…
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There’s a lot of talk about AI agents - but are they actually working? Today Cogent Security comes out of stealth with one of the most impactful use…
There’s a lot of talk about AI agents - but are they actually working? Today Cogent Security comes out of stealth with one of the most impactful use…
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Customer stories are the most powerful part of B2B marketing. I may have found the best example EVER. Remember when we all got excited because we…
Customer stories are the most powerful part of B2B marketing. I may have found the best example EVER. Remember when we all got excited because we…
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When you selling to sellers you gotta know how to sell. Well done Anis Bennaceur and the hustle Max Abram
When you selling to sellers you gotta know how to sell. Well done Anis Bennaceur and the hustle Max Abram
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"Divorced parents who hate their kids" sounds like a red flag founding duo. Luckily, this was just about the many plants in the Tavus office. I…
"Divorced parents who hate their kids" sounds like a red flag founding duo. Luckily, this was just about the many plants in the Tavus office. I…
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“Every B2B company is leaving money on the table by not optimizing their inbound.” Nico has been building Default around this open secret for the…
“Every B2B company is leaving money on the table by not optimizing their inbound.” Nico has been building Default around this open secret for the…
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Perplexity is having a big week: a $500 million rumored round at a $14 billion price. What they’re offering investors is an at-bat with a company…
Perplexity is having a big week: a $500 million rumored round at a $14 billion price. What they’re offering investors is an at-bat with a company…
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