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Perspectives

5 Great Things About Open Source

Kate Reznykova and T.J. Rylander Read

Perspectives

The Data Orchestration Landscape and the Commercial Successor to Airflow

Colton Dempsey and Kate Reznykova Read

Perspectives

Which Curve Are We On? [A User’s Guide To VC Meetings]

T.J. Rylander Read

PLAYBOOKS

Enterprise Founders Playbook: Seed to Series A

Trying to figure out what’s next in your enterprise startup’s journey? In this series, we explore the common questions enterprise founders have at the early stage and what can make the difference between success and failure as you move from Seed to Series A.

To Plan or Not to Plan-What Every Founder Needs to Know

You’re a founder, and your startup is at a post-seed, early product stage, with some customer traction. You’re starting to make hires and spend so...

Making Your First Sales Hire? Avoid Some Common Mistakes

As a startup scales, it will reach a point where the founders need to bring in a sales hire — they just can’t continue to do it all, nor should th...

Your First Board (Part 1): Building a Foundation for Success

As you grow your startup—usually when you’re making the transition from seed to Series A—you’re going to reach the point where you need to put...

Your First Board (Part 2): A Practical Guide to Getting Started

So, your startup is growing and you’ve reached the point where you’ve put together your first board of directors. Either you’ve decided the advi...

Making Your First Finance Hire

At some point in your entrepreneurial journey as a founder, you’re going to need help when it comes to keeping track of your company’s finances. U...

Portfolio

Armorblox Acquisition: Combining Vision and Character

T.J. Rylander and Micah Smurthwaite At its best, the role of venture capital investor is a supporting one. We care a lot about the teams we get to work with and feel honored to share in their success. Today, we are happy to celebrate the closing of Cisco’s acquisition of Armorblox! It marks an incredible milestone that DJ, Anand, an...

Community

From Kitchen to Startup: Parallels Between Michelin Chefs and Enterprise Tech Founders

Lak Ananth At a casual glance, you might not notice much similarity between Michelin star chefs and enterprise tech founders. After all, how many tech founders c...

Portfolio

Next47’s Investment in Pando: Pioneering the Future of Logistics

Lak Ananth and Colton Dempsey In recent years, the logistics and supply chain industries have experienced significant transformations, emphasizing the need to establish digital, gl...

Perspectives

Did HashiCorp Put the Final Nail in the Open Source Coffin?
T.J. Rylander and Kate Reznykova
Tying Two Rocks Together: Why Venture-backed Startups Should Exercise Caution When Considering Acquisitions
Lak Ananth

Perspectives

Generative AI Eight Months After the Launch of ChatGPT—Current Landscape, the Trajectory Forward, and Implications for the Enterprise

Debjit Mukerji and Ching-Yu Hu From credit card processing to powering early fleets of autonomous machines—AI has permeated our lives steadily over the last two decades. Against t...

Portfolio

Now More Than Ever, World-Class Customer Success is a Competitive Advantage: Our Investment in Vitally

T.J. Rylander, Richard Lui, and Jen Shi As the macro economy entered a more challenging period in 2022, we at Next47 started to see a key strategic shift across the B2B ecosystem — custome...

Portfolio

The Focus at Locus — Helping Warehouses Move at The Speed of E-Commerce

Debjit Mukerji The world wants things quick. As our e-commerce demands explode and supply chains are stretched to the limit, warehouses are under all-time operationa...