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Volpi: The era of large closed-source enterprise software platforms is over
“I generally think that we've seen the last of enterprise software companies, large enterprise software companies that are platforms that are closed source.”
Mike Volpi Sep 18, 2017 ▶ 21:31 20VC: Index's Mike Volpi on Making The Move From Player To Coach, What It Takes To Build Generation Defining Brands & How Europe Really Stacks Up To The US Venture Market
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Volpi: Enterprise Consolidation Will Drive Startup Opportunities Over 3-4 Years
“I actually would argue that that either today or in the next three to four years is Opens opportunities for repeat entrepreneurs and opens opportunities for a new companies that will fill the gaps of those that have been acquired.”
Mike Volpi Sep 18, 2017 ▶ 19:08 20VC: Index's Mike Volpi on Making The Move From Player To Coach, What It Takes To Build Generation Defining Brands & How Europe Really Stacks Up To The US Venture Market
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Volpi: Establishing a Top Venture Firm in San Francisco Takes Ten Years
“We did not think that index ventures in San Francisco, Would become, you know, a trailblazing firm in a year. This was a ten-year effort for us, and even now, five years into it, almost six years into it, we're sort of midstream on that”
Mike Volpi Sep 18, 2017 ▶ 10:43 20VC: Index's Mike Volpi on Making The Move From Player To Coach, What It Takes To Build Generation Defining Brands & How Europe Really Stacks Up To The US Venture Market
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Volpi: Index Ventures will build its brand through founder service, not blogging
“To index itself, our firm, what we're trying to do is to delight our customers in some sense. And, you know, our, a lot of our portfolio companies are the customers that we serve and by delighting them over time, we're going to build a brand. And it's less abo…”
Mike Volpi Sep 18, 2017 ▶ 15:06 20VC: Index's Mike Volpi on Making The Move From Player To Coach, What It Takes To Build Generation Defining Brands & How Europe Really Stacks Up To The US Venture Market
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