Companies – Floodgate

Prime Movers: Philippe von Borries, Justin Stefano, Piera Gelardi, and Christene Barberich of Refinery29

Know your audience and don’t stray.

Prime Movers: Aayush Phumbra and Osman Rashid of Chegg

Desperation can be a great motivator.

Prime Movers: Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams of Twitter

The best Prime Movers create movements, not just companies

Prime Movers: Nat Friedman and Miguel de Icaza of Xamarin

Great ideas won’t wait.

Prime Movers: David Rusenko, Chris Fanini, And Dan Veltri of Weebly

There’s no age requirement to be a great founder.

Prime Movers: Rick Berry and Sam Osman of Demandforce

“Sometimes, the whale that spouts gets harpooned.”

Prime Movers: Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Kyle Vogt, and Michael Seibel of Twitch

We turned a terrible idea into a billion dollar company.

Prime Movers: Logan Green & John Zimmer of Lyft

From Beans to Billions

Ideas

Democratization

Prime Movers are not just from Silicon Valley

Value Stack

Prime Movers innovate across the value stack

Agility + Strategy

Prime Movers combine agility with strategic rigor

No Limits

Prime Movers have the courage to break through walls

news

Hot Teams and Moonshots

– via Medium · July 20, 2019

Players Technology Summit – State of Venture Capital and Theme Investing

– via Bloomberg · June 28, 2019

Entrepreneurship Is More About Creation Than Disruption, Floodgate’s Maples Says

– via Bloomberg · August 31, 2018

Seed Series: Floodgate Partner Iris Choi

– via Crunchbase News · July 17, 2019

What Lyft Executives Are Telling Investors About IPO

– via Bloomberg · March 21, 2019

Why This Goldman Investment Banker Turned VC Owns Her Firm’s Checkbook

– via Forbes · August 30, 2018