Mercedes Bent

  • Creating Defensibility: Monopolizing your Supply Side (Part 10)

    This is an extension of my #FMB “Founders are Made, not Born: How Founders Become Learning Animals” series, based on my Stanford Masters of Education research. Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, and Part VII. Extensions: Parts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Whether we’re talking about developers, gig workers, content creators, trading supply, etc, there are better and…

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  • Meet Forage: The Future of Job Search

    Forage was my first announced investment at Lightspeed. Find the original post here on Medium (also re-posted below). The team’s fundraising news was also announced in Techcrunch and The Sydney Morning Herald. ————— Does everyone want to become an investment banker or consultant? My junior year of college, the answer felt like yes. At 19,…

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  • Corporate to Startup – Tips for Making the Jump

    I moderated a panel a few days ago called “The Corporate Escape” in which four panelists and I discussed how we made the transition from traditional corporate jobs at Fortune 500 companies to small tech startups. A lot of knowledge was dropped for the attendees from the Suits to Silicon Alley meetup group and I wanted…

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  • The Importance of Documenting Your Vision

    Something I never really thought about until it I heard myself uttering these words at work “Yeah, I thought about that before…..”: if you are leading a team, accountable for direction and implementation, or in any way want to be recognized for a vision you’re working toward, it is non negotiable that you document your…

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