Libbie Frost
@Libbiefrost
investor at bessemer (http://bvp.com) & interface with @thisisrayouf
The best class at Notre Dame, in my humble opinion, is the Art of Investing I first met its professors, Rick Buhrman and Paul Buser, during their decade+ long tenure helping manage Notre Dame’s storied endowment, where they met and learned from just about every great investor…
Thread! We, at @BessemerVP @BessemerVPIndia , continue to be excited about #IndiaSaaS. 🚀 We're thrilled to announce the release of our annual Rise of SaaS in India report, 2023. SaaS in India continues to grow, and Efficiency and AI are the 2 biggest themes in 2023.(1/8)
creative technologists hang was a blast - thanks to everyone who came & to FLORA for cohosting! tons of interest on the demo front so we'll be hosting another one soon... its clear creatives arent choosing whether or not to build - its a matter of what to share first ;)
getting the creative juices flowing monday night. sign up link here! lu.ma/jo41yfaa
hosting a cowork & build for creative technologists with @florafaunaai in NYC, if you're tinkering on something (or not), come hang out, and if you're feeling really crazy, give us a mini demo. rsvp below
art supplies en route 🎨 come hang!
hosting a craft & picnic this week with creative technologists in the city! dm if you’re around this Thursday 🪷 hosting with @withtenacity @Libbiefrost
Thanks to everyone who came out to last night's "Rise of the Design Engineer" event at @southpkcommons It was a pleasure sharing the stage with @seldom, @spencerthurstn, @vincentmvdm, and @thisisphilpeker to share some insights on the role. Stay tuned for the next one👀
We just dropped the worlds first AI text-to-show generator!! prompt your show idea and our system automatically generates characters, casts them into the show, and sets up their world - check it out 👇
Big news - we’ve raised $3M from an incredible team of investors including @GradientVC, @southpkcommons, and @BessemerVP Read more in our @axios exclusive below 👇
Creativity is the world’s greatest recycling program. I like how Nike designer Tinker Hatfield framed it, via @bpoppenheimer newsletter: “When you sit down to create something...what you create is a culmination of everything you’ve seen and done previous to that point.”
Introducing The Rule of X! Finance execs love Rule of 40 for its simplicity, but for many efficient cloud companies, assigning equal weight to growth and profitability is fundamentally flawed! It has caused misguided business decisions. Our take? Even in tight markets, growth…
The Rule of X and how cloud leaders should think about growth versus profit tcrn.ch/3RLh5yQ
What distinguishes an AI-first company? In this new @BessemerVP report, @stephenkraus and I share "Six Imperatives for AI-first Companies": heuristics for how startup founders, investors, and industry stakeholders can distill signal from noise in a crowded AI landscape.
AI video generation is getting shockingly good. In a couple of years, anyone will be able to create a movie from a smartphone- we're entering a whole new era of film. Here are some of the best examples I've seen:
Today we celebrate the first anniversary of The Inflation Reduction Act — a historic investment in climate action. On Atlas, @AiaSarycheva, @MadelineShue, and Bob Goodman shared their roadmap on climate and energy software. We are in the midst of one of the most consequential…
Crazy stat... 13K weddings last yr in the US cost over $1M
If you ever feel like your smile-back ratio from strangers is getting too low (yes I’m from the Midwest), I recommend wearing a multi colored propeller hat, it really works trust me
I made my roommate dance to dua lipa in the kitchen before her midnight private equity interview and she got the job. obviously she would've gotten the job either way bc she's a beast, but also... dua lipa just never fails