Phin Barnes

Co-Founder & Managing Partner, The General Partnership · 1 appearance on the record.

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He co-founded The General Partnership, an early-stage venture capital firm that combines equity investment with embedded operational support. Before founding TheGP, he spent over a decade as a partner at First Round Capital, leading investments in companies such as Notion, Blue Apron, and Clover Health.

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Phin Barnes: Hardware startup costs are dropping dramatically, mirroring software trends
“We were inspired to start the fund based on the cost of starting a software company dropping. Dramatically. And now we're starting to see that in, in the hardware space and sort of in the services layer that, that sits on top of what, you know, what cheaper ha…”
Phin Barnes Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 0:41 Panel Discussion // NYC Data Business Meetup // May 2013
Insight
Barnes: Touchscreens made internet engagement significantly more personal than keyboards
“Your engagement with the Internet has become much more sort of personal and intimate based on touchscreens rather than keyboards and mice.”
Phin Barnes Dec 5, 2013 ▶ 29:28 Panel Discussion // NYC Data Business Meetup // May 2013

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Panel Discussion // NYC Data Business Meetup // May 2013 Dec 5, 2013 2m
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