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: Nat Friedman and Miguel de Icaza of Xamarin

Great ideas won’t wait.

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

Prime Movers: Aayush Phumbra and Osman Rashid of Chegg

Desperation can be a great motivator.

Prime Movers: Rick Berry and Sam Osman of Demandforce

“Sometimes, the whale that spouts gets harpooned.”

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

The best Prime Movers create movements, not just companies

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

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

Ideas

Democratization

Prime Movers are not just from Silicon Valley

Value Stack

Prime Movers innovate across the value stack

No Limits

Prime Movers have the courage to break through walls

Agility + Strategy

Prime Movers combine agility with strategic rigor

news

Network-Based Businesses Will Disrupt All Sectors of the Economy

– via Fortune · August 16, 2018

Square is acquiring website builder Weebly for $365M

– via TechCrunch · April 26, 2018

Forbes Releases 17th Annual Midas List — The Most International Midas List Yet — Featuring The World’s Top Venture Capitalists

– via Forbes · April 3, 2018

Crypto Commons by Mike Maples, Jr.

– via Medium · June 28, 2018

Opening the “Floodgate” to Silicon Valley

– via Cheddar · April 20, 2018

‘The most powerful woman in start-ups’ reveals a key moment from college that launched her career

– via CNBC · February 8, 2018