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05/26/2020

Navin shares enterprise investment areas to watch: https://buff.ly/2TAwiV1 Extra Crunch

05/22/2020

HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet shares his insights on building and scaling companies remotely, GTM innovation and more: Silicon Valley Bank

For many, the shift to working remotely happened overnight and is a first-time experience for both organizations and their employees. However, multi-cloud infrastructure automation unicorn HashiCorp has been a distributed company and remote-centric since day 1.

05/20/2020

Mammoth Biosciences is partnering with GSK to develop an accurate, rapid, easy-to-use COVID-19 test for both clinic and consumer use: via Crunchbase News

Mammoth Biosciences and GSK Consumer Healthcare are using CRISPR-based technology to develop an accurate, rapid and handheld test for COVID-19.

05/14/2020

Join us tomorrow for a fireside chat between Navin & HashiCorp CEO Dave McJannet on best practices for finding remote working rhythms, what leaders can do to be prepared for moments of uncertainty and more - register here: https://buff.ly/2Wu2I5s
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For many, the shift to working remotely happened overnight and is a first-time experience for both organizations and their employees, but applications infrastructure suite enterprise software unicorn HashiCorp has been remote-first since day 1. Please join us for a fireside chat between HashiCorp C...

05/12/2020

We recently hosted a fireside chat with former Marketo CEO Phil Fernandez and Navin Chaddha as a part of our Resilience Spotlights series with Silicon Valley Bank - check out the key takeaways as well as a recording of the talk here:

This week for our Resilience Spotlights series, we heard from Phil Fernandez, Co-founder and former CEO of Marketo. As a veteran entrepreneur who has led both in good times and challenging ones - Marketo was founded in 2006 - Phil has a lot of leadership and company building insights to share.

05/07/2020

Navin shares his rules of the road for building iconic companies in the new normal:

Navin Chaddha, founder and managing director of the Mayfield Fund, says launching a startup looks different in a post-coronavirus world.

05/05/2020

Congratulations to Erik, Jed and the entire Postal.io team - welcome to the Mayfield family! https://news.crunchbase.com/news/postal-io-launches-with-first-funding-round/ via Crunchbase News

Postal.io helps scale direct mail workflows for sales and marketing and improve offline conversion rates with automated direct mail, corporate gifting and charitable giving.

05/01/2020

“Investing is a marathon, not a sprint...You need to invest in both upturns and downturns, and very often great companies are created in times of great crisis." Navin shares his perspective on investment areas for our new normal: https://www.forbes.com/sites/martineparis/2020/04/30/venture-capital-outlook-6-ai-trends-that-will-drive-economic-recovery/ via Forbes

With historic unemployment topping 30 million, GDP expected to surpass 30% for Q2, and a stock market propped up by trillions of dollars in government stimulus soaring to record highs, this is either the worst economy ever as Fed Chair Powell declared or the best times to come.

04/29/2020

How should entrepreneurs think about navigating our new normal? Navin shares the Mayfield view and highlights from Poshmark, HashiCorp & more with Harry Stebbings on the SaaStr podcast:

is the Managing Director @ who just last month announced $750M in new funds split across their core and select funds. As for Navin, under his leadership Mayfield has raised over $2.2Bn in new funds a

04/28/2020

Thanks to John Chambers for joining us for our Resilience Spotlights series with Silicon Valley Bank! For those who weren't able to join, here are some of the key takeaways and a recording of the fireside chat:

We were honored to have John Chambers, former CEO & Chairman of Cisco and Founder & CEO of JC2 Ventures, join us this week for our Resilience Spotlights series. Below are a few of the key takeaways from our hourlong discussion along with a recording of the video for those who were not able to join.

04/27/2020

This week for our Thriving in Tough Times series, we're sharing tips on effective content marketing & selling to CXOs in a tougher economy - check out all of the expert insights here: https://buff.ly/3eApjUR via Crunchbase

Mayfield Sales Thriving in Tough Times: Selling to CXOs – What Works & What Doesn’t in a Tougher Economy This is part six of the Mayfield series, “Thriving in Tough Times: Expert Insights.” In this series, we will share key takeaways and lessons learned from experts across a variety ... Navi...