Jessica Lin

So thrilled to announce @Work_Bench Fund IV: a $160M fund to continue backing founders with massive enterprise software ambitions 💥 Twelve years ago, we set out to build a Seed stage enterprise SaaS VC firm here in NYC - still funny to think how contrarian of a bet that was…

It’s been fun helping founders with their fundraise over the last few weeks.. However, the common problem I continue to see in most of them (esp first time founders) is storytelling. There’s a lot of literature on this already and I wrote a longer post a few weeks ago that…

For early stage enterprise startups... Shipping velocity is known to be a critical internal metric Lesser discussed though is that trust should be your most focused on external metric We've identified 3 critical elements to building trust as an early stage startup: 1⃣ Domain…

Pumped to partner with @shaig and the @brexHQ team on our @Work_Bench NY Enterprise Tech Meetup We've got a packed house for this session's topic: AI-Powered Hypergrowth in Healthcare Even an NYC heatwave can't keep this crowd away 🔥🔥

.@jerseejess kicking off our panel with @TreyHolterman (@TennrHospitals) and @akashmagoon (Adonis) on AI-Powered Hypergrowth in Healthcare

Startups need to sell to the enterprise as fast as possible. Our CEO and co-founder, @shensi_, explains why on @jerseejess's new show, "The Drafting Table." See what Shensi shared:

The best founders operate on a different clock - and it drives most of their employees crazy..

As an early-stage VC, it's much more interesting to ask: "What if this works? What happens? Does everything change?" It's so damn boring to point out all the ways that something might not work. All startups are default dead. Being a cynic is the easiest way to *sound* smart.

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Any B2B founder thinking about fundraising should start using @meetgranola for their customer call recordings. When I’m looking into a new company to invest in, I always ask for redacted customer call notes / recordings. They’re a great way to help investors validate initial…

Another great day for NYC enterprise software in the books! 🚀🌆 Our Work-Bench NYC Pre-Seed GTM Summit brought together 80+ early-stage SaaS / Infra founders to dive into the proven playbooks for early enterprise GTM: 🤕 A Need Is Not the Pain Dig into the prospect’s acute…

Our @Work_Bench Pre-Seed Enterprise GTM Summit is live in NYC! We're kicking off with a fireside chat between @jerseejess and @lorenc_dan of @chainguard_dev The topic is "Hard GTM Lessons Learned as a Technical Founder" Thanks to @rhobusiness & @Mastercard for the partnership

Gearing up for the @Work_Bench Pre-Seed GTM Summit in NYC! We have a stacked lineup for our 100+ guests Excited to meet NYCs next generation of founders 😎

Love hearing feedback like this from the @cofoundersnyc community! 😍 It's only been 2 months and I've already heard from 10+ cofounder matches that have taken the leap and started building! Sign up at cofounders.nyc and I'll shoot you a note for our invite-only March…