[Editor’s Note: Tom Alberg, managing director at Seattle-based venture capital firm Madrona Venture Group, was an Amazon investor who served on the company’s board of directors from 1996 to 2019.… Read More
Editor’s Note: In this guest post, Tom Alberg, Madrona Venture Group managing director, reviews The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America by Margaret O’Mara; and VC: An American… Read More
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In many a company, you’ve heard the talk about unconscious bias, and likely attended trainings and so forth, but are these efforts making a real difference the way we see… Read More
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In the startup world, getting a marketable idea and then getting it to market poses some of the biggest hurdles for most entrepreneurs. But what happens after you actually get… Read More
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Most who live in the startup world have a very intimate relationship with failure. The overwhelming majority of startups are forced to shut their doors before they accomplish their goals. This is the… Read More