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Episode sixteen of DrinksWithAVC features standout guest, Matt McCall of Pritzker Group, lauded as one of the top 100 VCs in the U.S. and recognized as a power player in media and Hollywood. Vik and Bree delve into Matt's political roots, discuss the philosophical influences that drive his investment strategies, and engage with his insights on the potential of an economic downturn. Matt also sheds light on the McCall Family Foundation's mission for social entrepreneurship and women's rights. Don't miss this compelling conversation that traverses past, present, and future.Links:www.pritzkergroup.com/venture-capitalwww.twitter.com/pritzkervcwww.somethingventured.com (Matt's blog)www.1kproject.org/ (Ukraine support)www.amzn.com/dp/B007XF3SD6/ (Porron wine pitcher)www.amzn.com/dp/1611808308/ (The Heroine's Journey)www.amzn.com/dp/B00R3MHWUE/ (The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership)www.linkedin.com/in/breehanson/www.tripp.comThe first 5 people to reach out to Bree on her LinkedIn will get a lifetime pass to Tripp, the Best VR Meditation/Wellness Experience

Deep nuances of leadership dynamics. AI itself as not being an investible thesis. Knock-on effects of COVID-19 on VC valuations.Talent residing in the team. Entrepreneurial, cultural, and other powerful lessons learned from China, Silicon Valley, and the greater world beyond both. Today BILL REICHERT joins us for a fantastic conversation with Yingying Li discussing all of the above, and we are glad to share it with you. A must-listen. Bill Reichert BIO: Bill Reichert is co-founder and Managing Director of Garage Technology Ventures, a seed and early stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley.  He is also a Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, a global venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley and around the world.    Bill and his partners invest in promising emerging technology companies and work intensively with them to help them grow and succeed. Some of Garage’s most successful investments include Pandora Media (NYSE: P), Digital Fountain (acquired by Qualcomm), Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), iNest (acquired by LendingTree), and LeftHand Networks (acquired by HP).    Bill brings experience as a serial entrepreneur to his work with portfolio companies.  Prior to co-founding Garage in early 1998, Bill was co-founder of Academic Systems, a software company funded by Kleiner Perkins, Accel Partners, and Microsoft.  Academic Systems became the leading developer of network-based multimedia instructional materials for colleges and universities, and was acquired by Plato Learning.  Prior to Academic Systems, Bill was a senior executive at several venture-backed technology companies, including The Learning Company, which was the leading developer of educational software in the United States before its acquisition in 1994, and Infa Technologies, a touchscreen computer company that developed many of the concepts underlying the Newton, Palm, and iPhone devices.  Bill also co-founded Trademark Software, which was subsequently acquired by Dow Jones, while in graduate school at Stanford.   Earlier in his career, Bill worked for McKinsey & Co., the World Bank in Washington, DC, and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., in New York.  He has authored and co-authored several articles and speeches on entrepreneurship, venture capital, international trade, and monetary policy.   Bill earned his AB in History and Science from Harvard University and his MBA from Stanford University.  He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and is a former Chairman of the Churchill Club in Silicon Valley. He is also an Advisor to the Women’s Startup Lab, Nordic Innovation House, and the Korea Innovation Center. He lives with his extraordinary wife Michelle and three incredible children in Los Altos, California.  You can contact Bill atreichert@garage.com. 

I interviewed Alan Conboy of Scale Computing a few days ago. Alan is the CTO office at Scale Computing. With more than 20 years of experience, he is an industry veteran and technology evangelist specializing in designing, prototyping, selling and implementing disruptive storage and virtualization technologies. Prior to Scale Computing, Conboy held positions at Lefthand Networks, ADIC, CreekPath Systems, and Spectra Logic. Conboy is notably one of the first movers in the X86/X64 hyperconvergence space, and one of the first 30 people ever certified by Storage Network Industry Association. Here we discuss Scale's latest partnership with Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection. This OEM partnership offers Acronis Backup to customers through Scale Computing channels, expands its disaster recovery capabilities and delivers archiving, enhanced data protection, and threat mitigation on the Scale Computing HC3 platform. Sites: https://www.scalecomputing.com https://www.scalecomputing.com/blog https://twitter.com/ScaleComputing (@ScaleComputing) https://www.facebook.com/ScaleComputing/ (@ScaleComputing) https://www.linkedin.com/company/scalecomputing/ https://www.youtube.com/user/ScaleComputing :-)  

Jay Prassl: Patch Your $#!% Are ALL of Your Apps and OSes up to date? Are you sure? How can you tell? An American Dental Association study in 2008 found that if you don’t brush your teeth you COULD DIE. The ADA recommends brushing your teeth twice a day for 4 minutes each time. What the hell does that have to do with anything? Stick around… According to Ponemon, nearly half of all companies they surveyed had suffered a breach. 57% of those companies were breached due to an unpatched vulnerability. A third of those companies KNEW they were vulnerable before the breach. The average company spends 321 labor hours a week managing their vulnerability response process. How’s that compare to spending 4 minutes, twice a day brushing your teeth? Starting to feel the connection there? In 2017, WannaCry affected over 200,000 machines in 150 countries over a weekend. The attack weapon was developed using NSA tools built to exploit Windows vulnerabilities. What I told you that Microsoft had released a patch for this vulnerability over a month before WannaCry hit? Speaking of Microsoft… our good friends at TripWire offer the following tell us that, in 2015, Microsoft alone issued 2804 patches. That’s roughly 56 patches every Tuesday… and that’s JUST Windows OS & applications Noodle on those numbers a bit… In this week’s episode of InSecurity, Matt Stephenson spoke with Automox CEO Jay Prassl about the role that patching plays in every business’s cybersecurity hygiene. He founded Automox based on one simple maxim: Patch Your $#!% When most of us think of key components in cybersecurity, we tend to think of things like ransomware attacks, security solutions that bog down your network or terrible things in TV and movies that sound technical but are actually ridiculous. What if you had a way to keep your network clean and up to date by doing something as simple and boring as keeping your Operating Systems and applications up to date… Take a walk with Jay Prassl and see what you think. About Jay Prassl Jay Prassl (@jprassl) is the Founder and CEO of Automox. Jay founded Automox founded to pursue a vision: the complete automation of endpoint configuration, patching, management and inventory. Prior to Automox, Jay led the marketing efforts at SolidFire. Before that, he was employee number five at LeftHand Networks, where he spent 10 years breaking new ground in the storage market with the company's distributed SAN solution. He led multiple parts of the LeftHand business through its acquisition by HP. Somehow… when not saving the world through his pursuit of cyber hygiene… Jay finds time to bike, swim and surf. Some of these hobbies are required by state law in order to live in Boulder, Colorado.  About Automox Automox (@AutomoxApp) was founded to pursue a disruptive new vision: the complete automation of endpoint configuration, patching, management and inventory. They are the only cloud endpoint management solution capable of remediating Windows, OS X, and Linux endpoints from a single platform. Automox's Dynamic Policy Engine allows IT managers to customize and group policies that ensure that every endpoint and software, regardless of location, meets regulatory and operational security requirements. About Matt Stephenson Insecurity Podcast host Matt Stephenson (@packmatt73) leads the Security Technology team at Cylance, which puts him in front of crowds, cameras, and microphones all over the world. He is the regular host of the InSecurity podcast and host of CylanceTV Twenty years of work with the world’s largest security, storage, and recovery companies has introduced Stephenson to some of the most fascinating people in the industry. He wants to get those stories told so that others can learn from what has come  Every week on the InSecurity Podcast, Matt interviews leading authorities in the security industry to gain an expert perspective on topics including risk management, security control friction, compliance issues, and building a culture of security. Each episode provides relevant insights for security practitioners and business leaders working to improve their organization’s security posture and bottom line. Can’t get enough of Insecurity? You can find us at ThreatVector InSecurity Podcasts, iTunes/Apple Podcasts and GooglePlay as well as Spotify, Stitcher, SoundCloud, I Heart Radio and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you Subscribe, Rate and Review!

Episode #8 - Dave DuPont As one of our people said to me, and this is someone who is top of her class at Stanford Business School, "Society tells me now that I can either work for you or work for Starbucks" The combination of remote work and flexible hours has enabled us to become very active in hiring people returning to the workforce after taking time off to raise kids. It has been a benefit to us and also a positive societal good. Welcome to Episode 8 of Colorado TechCast. In this episode I interview Dave DuPont, CEO of TeamSnap. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boulder, TeamSnap has taken the organization of youth, recreational and competitive sports into the 21st century for 20 million coaches, administrators, players and families. Dave has more than 20 years of experience in technology leadership positions. He was previously CEO of SANRAD, a venture-funded storage networking company.  He also helped found LeftHand Networks, a Boulder-based company now owned by Hewlett Packard. Dave shares his insights on: -Building a geographically distributed startup, where everyone feels connected -How their iterative product development that has enabled them to remain competitive in the market -Why you should invest in your business community before you ask for money. Now let's get started! Links to things we talk about: About TeamSnap What is TeamSnap? IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, PLEASE: Subscribe to our list to make sure you never miss a new episode Connect with us on Twitter Email me and tell me what you think!   I am always on the lookout for future guests.  If you know anyone with an interesting story to tell, or you yourself would like to talk about what you are building, then send me an email. Thanks for tuning in, and join us next time when we bring you the story of another digital pioneer in from Colorado!

I really enjoyed this interview with Dave for two big reasons: He’s playing in a space that is not typical for B2B SaaS He’s using freemium consumer adoption to drive enterprise leads at a very low CAC of $80 which he makes back in well under 12 months. Dave is the CEO of TeamSnap. He has more than 20 years of experience in technology leadership positions. He was previously CEO of SANRAD, a venture-funded storage networking company, which he joined in 2006. He also helped found LeftHand Networks, a Boulder-based company sold to Hewlett Packard. Prior to that, Dave was with Hewlett-Packard. An avid skier and wannabe competitive cyclist, Dave lives in Boulder with wife Deb and two children, Mariel and Gabe. He enjoys reading, cooking and microbreweries Revenue Model: Over 1m teams use TeamSnap and 250,000 of those teams pay Dave $80 per year to use TeamSnap to manage team communication, logistics, and more. The average team has 30 people ranging from coaches, to players, to players parents. TeamSnap leverages 3 revenue streams with the SaaS component making up 40% of the total revenue mix. SaaS revenues are about $20m in ARR from 250k teams paying $80 per year. Total revenue is approaching $50m which Dave expects the company will cross in Q1 2018. Overall the business is growing over 100% year over year. On Launching in 2009 in poor economy: Dave: 2009 was best time for us to launch. The trough of a recessions is best time to get company going due to low opportunity cost. In recession there are talented people available for hire. 2009 revenue was less than $100,000.  It took Dave just 3 years to break $1m in ARR which happened in 2012. Fundraising First 5 years from 2009 to 2014 the company was bootstrapped. Dupont funded the company with his own capital and local area angels. He put a couple hundred thousand in himself in early days. In 2014 they took their first institutional capital and have sense raised a total of $43.7m. On seasonal users and how that affects TeamSnap gross logo churn monthly: Teams pay $15 during the season then stop paying us off-season. We don’t look at this as churn because we know they come back next season. They are simply “in-active”. The company looks at revenue per customer on an annual basis which averages about $80. On customer acquisition: We use our consumer app which people use for free to drive enterprise sales in a land and expand strategy. 30% of new consumer customers come through referrals. We’ve boosted that up by spending about $500k per month on Google and FB ads mostly. Payback is pretty strong, under 12 months. They’ll pay $80 to acquire a customer that is worth about $280 over their lifetime which puts LTV to CAC ratio at about 3.5. Cash Flow: Net burn is really close to our discretionary marketing budget of $500k/mo. We are in good shape cash wise. Near September of next year (2018) we’ll be cash flow breakeven at much higher revenue level. We’ll figure out then what to do strategy wise. We are on the path to being a billion dollar company. I have no desire to sell out quickly to anybody. Build as big as can, shoot for IPO, create fantastic product over long haul. Strategy towards IPO: Large competitors like Comcast compete with us with their subsidiary called SportsEngine. Dicks sporting goods has a competitor in space called BlueSombrero and AffinitySports. Lastly, a private equity funded company called BlueStar Sports compete with us. Many of our competitors are purchasing small players and just aggregating. A short term private equity play versus a long term 20+ year deal. Would you accept $400m offer from Comcast? (minute 22) Well it would depend on the moment in time. In 2016 probably, in 2017 maybe, next year when revenue is higher, no way in hell! What is your favorite business book? The Hard Thing About Hard Things Is there a CEO you’re following or studying right now? Samir, SendGrid CEO Whats your favorite online tool? Apple pencil to evernote. How many hours of sleep do you get every night? 7 What would you tell your 20 year old self? I’m married with 2 kids, married for 30 years, and I’m “approaching a milestone birthday”. I wish my 20 year old self knew that “nobody does it alone”. Connect with Nathan: Website Twitter Facebook Page Snapchat Instagram

Dave is the boss around TeamSnap, doing everything from running the company to sweeping the floors, and everything in between. Since forming the company he has managed three successful investment rounds, secured strategic partnerships and overseen impressive growth. He continues to focus on both day-to-day and long-term initiatives while managing the company.  Dave has more than 20 years of experience in technology leadership positions. He was previously CEO of SANRAD, a venture-funded storage networking company, which he joined in 2006. He also helped found LeftHand Networks, a Boulder-based company recently sold to Hewlett-Packard. Prior to that, Dave was with Hewlett-Packard. Dave began his professional career as a field engineer in North and West Africa with Schlumberger Ltd. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard. An avid skier and wannabe competitive cyclist, Dave lives in Boulder with wife Deb and two children, Mariel and Gabe. He enjoys reading, cooking, and microbreweries.