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Gunderson: Most Silicon Valley VCs have no understanding of tech
“When I first came out, I was like, holy shit, most of these VCs have no, you know, no idea in regards to tech”
Gunderson: Mapbox prioritized cash reserves over higher valuations
“And I've, what I always did was I optimized to have cash on hand. I didn't try to optimize valuation.”
Gunderson: Only three full global mapping datasets exist worldwide
“There are three full global data sets in the world.”
Gunderson: Timing matters more than team, product, or culture
“The most important thing is obviously timing, right? Team, product... Timing, timing, timing. I mean, the culture stuff gets, gets sorted with team and timing.”
Gunderson: Without owning your data, you cannot control real-time updates
“If you don't own the data, you don't have control to update it.”
Gunderson: AR and VR will become bigger than mobile and browsers
“I personally think, ah, the, ah, the AR and VR space is going to be bigger, bigger than the browser, and, ah, and bigger than the mobile.”
Gunderson: Mapbox uses Snapchat data to improve car navigation
“The reality is we, ah, we power better turn-by-turn directions for car companies. Because of Snapchat.”
Gunderson: Over 300 million people interact with Mapbox maps monthly
“So we're touching over three hundred million people a month right now, or better said, three hundred million people a month are touching our maps.”
Gunderson: Mapbox is the default location platform like Stripe for payments
“When a developer goes out and is gonna build something, they're gonna go get a cloud provider, like, Amazon, or if you're going to use Payments, you might use Stripe, or if you're going to use Notifications, Twilio. But if you're going to use Locations, you're…”
Gunderson: Consulting keeps founders close enough to customers to build products
“The good news about consulting is you stay close enough to your customer, so you really know what's needed.”
Gunderson: Mapbox took no outside funding between 2008 and 2013
“Literally I bought Mapbox and the domain name in 2008, and we didn't take any outside funding until 2014, 20 13.”