Gil Dibner’s Post

New blog post: I’ve spent 20 years investing in and working with deeply technical founders at a very early stage. Looking back, there seems to be one overwhelming determinant of success for those technical teams. In my experience, success is highly correlated with how obsessive a founding team is about developing an extraordinarily efficient go-to-market (GTM) machine. At first blush, this statement may seem obvious. I even hesitated if it was worth trying to write about it — as I feared I would get accused of stating the obvious. But I’m going to attempt it. If it changes the trajectory of one company, it’s worth it. https://lnkd.in/daRwMRXs

Calling all #Munich founders and our extended network: we still have a few seats left for our event on global success principles for B2B startups in Munich this Wednesday! Join me and Christian Buchenau from SquareOne Venture Capital will talk about company building for B2B SaaS and DeepTech businesses looking to scale globally. As two funds with similar investment philosophies and decades of experience in early-stage investing, we look forward to sharing our key learnings with you and making some new connections. Registration is still open: https://lu.ma/7dqipp25 We’ll enjoy a few drinks afterwards, finishing just in time for the European championship semi-finals! 🙌  A big thanks goes to our friends from Amazon Web Services (AWS) for hosting us in their Munich space. Feel free to share this with your network. See you there! cc: David Peterson Gergo Kalcsics

This post by Sammy Abdullah of Blossom Street Ventures is super interesting. It basically argues that the "rule of 40" does not exist anymore. "So where is the Rule of 40? The data certainly isn’t supporting it. Our advice to founders is to continue to push hard for cash-efficient growth. That means generating ARR of at least $0.70 for every dollar of operating loss."

Wheels up for Helsinki-Copenhagen-Munich!