Why We Invested in Groupon: The Power of Data
Groupon's Andrew Mason, CEO, and Rob Solomon, President Groupon has been written about a lot in the media. Most of the coverage has been extremely positive, like a Forbes cover which called Groupon...
View ArticleStanford GSB Talk on Mozilla and Scaling
Last week I got to attend a class at Stanford Business School taught by one of my favorites, Huggy Rao. The course is on “scaling” — an over-used word, but one that Huggy’s been really digging into...
View ArticleHow to Write Emails Your Customers Will Actually Read
Consistency is key: Don't be Sarah Silverman on your website.... Most businesses are dazed and confused about email marketing. I’m not talking about old school offline businesses. I’m talking about new...
View ArticleThree Steps To Building The Right Audience Through Email
Many people (including me) have written about why it makes sense for business marketers to invest in producing high-quality, original content. But no author wants to pour his heart out, hit “send” and...
View ArticleWelcome Josh Elman
I’m very happy to announce here that Josh Elman (http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=40349, @joshelman) is joining Greylock Partners as a Principal starting Monday. We’re super excited that he’s...
View ArticleAnnouncing our investment in Tumblr
I’m super excited to announce Greylock’s investment in Tumblr. We knew Tumblr was big when we started talking with David and John over the summer — over the last year or so, it’s practically exploded...
View ArticleFive Things That America’s Top Schools Could Learn From a Two Year Old (Startup)
Over the holidays, I was thinking about the connection between online education and the fiscal cliff. In the context of America’s current economic challenges, it’s more important than ever before...
View ArticleMoving in to Nextdoor
When we first invested in Nextdoor last year we were thrilled to start working with Nirav, Sarah, Prakash and the team to join the mission of connecting neighborhoods and communities everywhere. As we...
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