Biz Stone on the future of search
Chatbots and SMS are becoming the preferred method of how people and businesses communicate with one another, and it’s time that search engines follow suit.
The art of interviewing 10x engineers
Greylock Talent Partner Dan Portillo sat down with Twitter Head of Revenue Engineering Wade Chambers to outline the best interview process to attract and retain talent.
Being open to open source and creating a new business category at VMWare
Use of open source at VMWare led to the creation of Open Platform-as-a-Service, an entire new category, which paved the way for the next generation of developer infrastructure companies, like…
How Facebook Connect changed the consumer internet
When Facebook opened its API, the platform spawned a completely new way of distributing apps on the web. Developers now had unprecedented access and deep integration into many of Facebook’s…
The Essentials Of Hiring An Exceptional Startup Team
For early stage companies to be successful, founders need to develop a thoughtful recruiting process, and need to do it early on.
How Pure Storage Took A Different Approach To Storage
Founded in 2009, Pure Storage entered an industry where incumbents, including EMC and HP, dominated for more than thirty years. Co-founders John “Coz” Colgrove and John Hayes knew that they…
Starting Up In A Downturn: How Okta Built Its Enterprise Company
In today’s tech climate – where financing sources are plentiful and investor optimism is generally high – many believe that there has been no better time to get funded and…
Palo Alto Networks And Preserving Culture From 15 People to $15B
Companies experiencing hyper growth also have a unique challenge: Maintaining the culture and energy that made them so disruptive in the first place. “One of the things that small companies…
The Mozilla Story: Making The World You Want
[tc_aol_on code=”519084767″] It’s easy to forget how powerful Microsoft was only fifteen years ago. In 2000, Microsoft had 97% market share of its operating system in computers and, at its peak in…
Airbnb On Building A Global Company
The RISD grads were so passionate about their idea that they bootstrapped their company with a binder full of credit cards and sold politically themed cereal boxes during the 2008…
From Beanie Babies To Bugattis: Building An Enduring Marketplace
There are certain moments that really matter when building a massive company, and one of those moments is when you discover you have more to lose than gain by taking a…
Redfin’s Irrational Moment
Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman recalls a tense board meeting when his company discussed eliminating its customer commission refund in the latest Greymatter video from Greylock Partners. Typically in real estate transactions, the seller…