Max Schireson

Max Schireson Contributor Share on X Max Schireson is an operating partner at investment firm Battery Ventures. He was previously the CEO of database company MongoDB. More posts by this contributor Which way is up? The end of free money and the importance of keeping cash on hand For better or for worse: Managing founder-CEO tension inside a startup

Max Schireson is an operating partner at investment firm Battery Ventures. He was previously the CEO of database company MongoDB.

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Which way is up? The end of free money and the importance of keeping cash on hand

Someone once told me that successful companies each succeed in their own way, but companies all fail the same way: They run out of cash.

For better or for worse: Managing founder-CEO tension inside a startup

How a founder and a CEO work through points of tension could help determine the ultimate success of a company.

Tracking the explosive growth of open-source software

Many hot new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. But how can corporate customers, and investors, evaluate all these new open-source offerings? These questio

The Money In Open-Source Software

It’s no secret that open-source technology -- once the province of radicals, hippies and granola eaters -- has gone mainstream. According to industry estimates, more than 180 young companies that gi