Before Lightspeed John spent time in product management and sales Determina and Freedom Financial Network.ġ.) How did John make his way into the world of venture and come to be a Partner Lightspeed? How did that lead to his founding Unusual? How did his father's MS diagnosis change his mentality towards both investing and how he views the world? What were John's biggest takeaways from his 12 years with the Lightspeed partnership?Ģ.) Where does John feel the bar needs to be raised in venture? What does the current product not offer? What do seed-stage founders fundamentally need? How have Unusual structured the firm to provide this? How was the fundraise for John? What does John know post-closing that he wishes he had known at the beginning? What advice would John give to aspiring emerging managers? Why is LP diversity so important to John?ģ.) Why does John believe taking multi-stage money at seed is not in the best interests of the founder? How does John explain this logically to founders? Does John agree with Semil Shah, "founders are voting with their feet and choosing multi-stage funds"? Why does John believe to be truly best in class, you have to specialise? Does this not go against the data of Benchmark, Sequoia, Founders Fund, all generalist funds, having the best returns?Ĥ.) How does John think about being company vs being founder first? What does one do when alignment erodes between the interest of the firm and the interest of the founder? How does John look to build a relationship of trust and honesty with his founders? What works? What does not work? How does John feel about VCs being friends with their founders?ĥ. Prior to founding Unusual, John spent 11 years as a Partner Lightspeed where his investments included Mulesoft, AppDynamics, Nimble Storage and Heptio to name a few. Ethernet connectivity to the HPE Nimble Storage array supports this continuous access by enabling redundant network connec tivity and flexible architecture. have outrun the most and a dial and indicator at the top. HPE Nimble Storage arrays are designed with redundant controllers that provide continuous access to your storage if the active controller fails. John Vrionis is the Founder and Managing Partner Unusual Ventures, the firm that is redefining seed investing and raising the bar for what entrepreneurs should expect from a seed investment firm. With a storage battery it is used for ironing, cooking, and many possible.
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