# Resources - boldstart ventures The boldstart archive # Resources 62 published entries [All news](/news/archive/) · [All resources](/resources/) · [Companies](/companies/) Ideas · 2025-08-10 ## [Ed joins Trends with Friends Podcast: Inside AI’s New VC Reality](/resources/ed-joins-trends-with-friends-podcast-inside-ais-new-vc-reality/) Ideas · 2025-05-23 ## [Ed Sim on the Carta Podcast: Backing Founders From Day Zero](/resources/ed-sim-on-the-carta-podcast-backing-founders-from-day-zero/) Ideas · 2025-04-07 ## [Boldstart & SVB Inception Bootcamp](/resources/boldstart-svb-inception-bootcamp/) Ideas · 2025-03-05 ## [Future of Software, Agents in the Enterprise, and Inception Stage Company Building // Eliot Durbin](/resources/future-of-software-agents-in-the-enterprise-and-inception-stage-company-building-eliot-durbin/) Ideas · 2025-02-23 ## [boldstart technical founder summit — AI giveth and AI taketh away + other 🔑 learnings](/resources/boldstart-technical-founder-summit-ai-giveth-and-ai-taketh-away-other-%f0%9f%94%91-learnings/) Ideas · 2025-01-27 ## [The Infra Pod: How to invest in infrastructure companies since inception stage? Chat with Eliot Durbin @ boldstart ventures](/resources/the-infra-pod-how-to-invest-in-infrastructure-companies-since-inception-stage-chat-with-eliot-durbin-boldstart-ventures/) Ideas · 2024-11-26 ## [Turpentine VC: E66: Why Inception Investing Beats Traditional Seed with Ed Sim of Boldstart Ventures](/resources/turpentine-vc-e66-why-inception-investing-beats-traditional-seed-with-ed-sim-of-boldstart-ventures/) Ideas · 2024-08-30 ## [Empowering Dev-First Startups: Ed Sim’s Vision for Boldstart and the Future of Enterprise AI (Venture with Grace)](/resources/listen-in-as-ed-sim-shares-his-vision-for-enterprise-ai-and-how-boldstart-invests-at-inception-in-technical-enterprise-founders/) Ideas · 2024-08-22 ## [CXOTalk: Ed Sim + Investing in Early Stage Enterprise AI](/resources/cxotalk-ed-sim-investing-in-early-stage-enterprise-ai/) Ideas · 2024-08-21 ## [Driving Alpha Podcast: Inception investing in technical enterprise founders with Ed Sim](/resources/driving-alpha-podcast-inception-investing-in-technical-enterprise-founders-with-ed-sim/) Ideas · 2024-07-05 ## [Ellen Chisa on Scaling DevTools Podcast](/resources/ellen-chisa-on-scaling-devtools-podcast/) Ideas · 2024-03-27 ## [Back to Basics —Enterprise Founders’ Day](/resources/back-to-basics/) Ideas · 2024-03-11 ## [The VentureFizz Podcast: Ellen Chisa – Partner, boldstart ventures](/resources/the-venturefizz-podcast-ellen-chisa-partner-boldstart-ventures/) Ideas · 2024-01-10 ## [20VC: Did Figma Kill M&A Markets in 2024, The Three Biggest Mistakes Made in Growth Investing, The Three Requirements Companies Need to IPO in 2024 with Ed Sim and Jamin Ball](/resources/20vc-did-figma-kill-ma-markets-in-2024-the-three-biggest-mistakes-made-in-growth-investing-the-three-requirements-companies-need-to-ipo-in-2024-with-ed-sim-and-jamin-ball/) Ideas · 2023-11-01 ## [Clearing the 3 biggest dev tool activation hurdles](/resources/clearing-the-3-biggest-dev-tool-activation-hurdles/) Ideas · 2023-10-27 ## [20VC: The Three Types of Seed Rounds (aka “Inception Rounds”), Why Seed Has Never Been More Competitive…](/resources/20vc-the-three-types-of-seed-rounds-aka-inception-rounds-why-seed-has-never-been-more-competitive/) Ideas · 2023-10-27 ## [Inception Investing: the new race to be first in Venture… and Pre-Seed isn’t first any more](/resources/inception-investing-first/) Ideas · 2023-10-23 ## [Cryptosis](/resources/cryptosis/) Ideas · 2023-09-07 ## [Ellen’s Newsletter](/resources/ellens-newsletter/) Ideas · 2023-09-07 ## [Enterprise Founder Toolkit](/devtoolkit/) Ideas · 2023-06-22 ## [Repair tips for leaky conversion funnels](/resources/repair-tips-for-leaky-conversion-funnels/) Ideas · 2023-06-06 ## [How to sell dev tools in 2023](/resources/how-to-sell-dev-tools-in-2023/) Ideas · 2023-05-11 ## [Improving adoption with the product usage report email](/resources/email-product-adoption-reporting-metrics/) Ideas · 2023-04-03 ## [An alternative to NPS for dev tools](/resources/an-alternative-to-nps-for-dev-tools/) Ideas · 2022-02-13 ## [Console.dev podcast: Devtools investing, with Ed Sim – S02E05](/resources/console-dev-podcast-devtools-investing-with-ed-sim-s02e05/) Ideas · 2022-01-30 ## [From Idea to Product, Getting Your Technical Startup Off The Ground: Eliot Durbin + Google Cloud](/resources/from-idea-to-product-getting-your-technical-startup-off-the-ground-with-eliot-durbin/) Ideas · 2021-12-14 ## [Ed on Venture Unlocked Podcast on Day One investing + early days at boldstart](/resources/ed-on-venture-unlocked-podcast-on-day-one-investing-early-days-at-boldstart/) Ideas · 2021-12-11 ## [Investing In Open-Source Projects: Here’s What VCs Are Looking For (crunchbase news)](/resources/investing-in-open-source-projects-heres-what-vcs-are-looking-for-crunchbase-news/) Ideas · 2021-09-22 ## [What Do VCs Look for in PLG/Dev First Founders with Ed Sim? BUILD podcast](/resources/ed-sim-boldstart-what-do-vcs-look-for-in-plg-founders-build-podcast/) Ideas · 2021-06-25 ## [Shifting Integration Testing Left, Welcome AtomicJar to boldstart](/resources/shifting-integration-testing-left-welcome-atomicjar-to-boldstart/) Ideas · 2021-05-19 ## [Tami Reiss on Maximizing Customer Insights](/resources/tami-reiss-on-maximizing-customer-insights/) Ideas · 2021-05-14 ## [Have met so many great enterprise founders lately but what really gets me excited…](/resources/have-met-so-many-great-enterprise-founders-lately-but-what-really-gets-me-excited-besides-new-category-creation-is-when-teams-can-hit-the-ground-running-from-day-1/) Ideas · 2021-04-29 ## [Building Sales Teams in PLG Orgs with Kyle Parrish, Head of Sales at Figma](/resources/building-sales-teams-in-plg-orgs-with-kyle-parrish-head-of-sales-at-figma/) Ideas · 2021-04-16 ## [Starting & Scaling a Partnership Ecosystem with Jay Sivachelvan](/resources/starting-scaling-a-partnership-ecosystem-with-jay-sivachelvan/) Ideas · 2021-04-09 ## [Meetups FTW! With Sharone Zitzman](/resources/meetups-ftw-with-sharone-zitzman/) Ideas · 2021-03-26 ## [Technical Ops + Compliance, From Bootstrap to Scale with Richard Crowley](/resources/technical-ops-and-compliance-from-bootstrap-to-scale-with-richard-crowley/) Ideas · 2021-03-05 ## [What’s Hot in AI/Infra/VC](/resources/whats-hot-in-enterprise-it-vc/) Ideas · 2021-03-03 ## [Hiring a Team for your Technical Startup with Natalie Ledbetter](/resources/hiring-a-team-for-your-technical-startup-with-natalie-ledbetter/) Ideas · 2021-02-26 ## [Telling your Story through Developer-facing Content with Adam DuVander](/resources/telling-your-story-through-developer-facing-content-with-adam-duvander/) Ideas · 2021-01-25 ## [The Full Ratchet: 266. Velocity as a Superpower, Why Contrarians Win, The Role of a Board Member, and Why Some Challenge When they Should Chill (Ed Sim)](/resources/the-full-ratchet-266-velocity-as-a-superpower-why-contrarians-win-the-role-of-a-board-member-and-why-some-challenge-when-they-should-chill-ed-sim/) Ideas · 2020-11-07 ## [What Got You There: #219 Ed Sim- Courage, Conviction and Venture Capital with Boldstart Ventures Founder](/resources/what-got-you-there-219-ed-sim-courage-conviction-and-venture-capital-with-boldstart-ventures-founder/) Ideas · 2020-09-18 ## [Software Engineering Daily: Enterprise Investing with Ed Sim](/resources/enterprise-investing-with-ed-sim/) Ideas · 2020-07-16 ## [Six Takeaways from Boldstart CXO Connect: Security in a Remote-First World; How Have Enterprises Adapted?](/resources/six-takeaways-from-boldstart-cxo-connect-security-in-a-remote-first-world-how-have-enterprises-adapted/) Ideas · 2020-07-13 ## [Boldstart CXO Connect: Security in a Remote-First World; How Have Enterprises Adapted?](/resources/boldstart-cxo-connect-security-in-a-remote-first-world-how-have-enterprises-adapted/) Ideas · 2020-05-17 ## [COVID-19: A Forcing Mechanism for Accelerating Digital Transformation or a Reason to Hit PAUSE?](/resources/covid-19-forcing-mechanism-for-accelerating-digital-transformation-or-a-reason-to-hit-pause/) Ideas · 2020-04-04 ## [VC is About Helping Founders Scale and We Love Being in the Trenches!](/resources/vc-is-about-helping-founders-scale-and-we-love-being-in-the-trenches/) Ideas · 2019-08-07 ## [Enterprise Masters: Ed Sim of Boldstart VC](/resources/enterprise-masters-ed-sim-of-boldstart-vc/) Ideas · 2019-04-10 ## [How do 6 Global Heads of Automation from the Fortune 500 think about the future?](/resources/how-do-6-global-heads-of-automation-from-the-fortune-500-think-about-the-future/) Ideas · 2018-08-27 ## [SaaStr Episode 190: Ed Sim discusses the 0 to 1 enterprise stage and first customers](/resources/on-saastr-episode-190-discussing-the-0-to-1-enterprise-stage-and-first-customers/) Ideas · 2018-02-13 ## [Venture Confidential (Heavybit): Ep. #14, Building Community with Boldstart’s Ed Sim](/resources/venture-confidential-heavybit-ep-14-building-community-with-boldstarts-ed-sim/) Ideas · 2017-12-17 ## [Angel S2 E2 hosted by Jason Calacanis| BoldStart Founder Ed Sim on 20 years, 50+ enterprise investments, how family history shaped his VC approach & more](/resources/angel-s2-e2-hosted-by-jason-calacanis-boldstart-founder-ed-sim-on-20-years-50-enterprise-investments-how-family-history-shaped-his-vc-approach-more/) Ideas · 2017-04-04 ## [Why I love and fear AWS](/resources/why-i-love-and-fear-aws/) Ideas · 2017-03-12 ## [Building AI on CXOTalk; cutting through AI hype, “applied AI” to enterprise](/resources/building-ai-on-cxotalk-cutting-through-ai-hype-applied-ai-to-enterprise/) Ideas · 2017-03-09 ## [Apps Sell Infrastructure](/resources/apps-sell-infrastructure/) Ideas · 2017-02-15 ## [Thoughts from RSA and the Climate for Security Startups](/resources/thoughts-from-rsa-and-the-climate-for-security-startups/) Ideas · 2017-01-30 ## [Developer Love Versus Revenue](/resources/developer-love-versus-revenue/) Ideas · 2017-01-17 ## [Thoughts on SaaS in 2017](/resources/thoughts-on-saas-in-2017/) Ideas · 2016-02-12 ## [Pitching a Seed Stage Enterprise Startup](/resources/pitching-a-seed-stage-enterprise-startup/) Ideas · 2016-02-07 ## [WEVR, still going big after 15 years — why we invested](/resources/wevr-still-going-big-after-15-years-why-we-invested/) Ideas · 2015-11-30 ## [Twenty Minute VC 092: The Repeatable Playbook of SaaS with Ed Sim, Founding Partner @ BoldStart Ventures](/resources/twenty-minute-vc-092-the-repeatable-playbook-of-saas-with-ed-sim-founding-partner-boldstart-ventures/) Ideas · 2015-09-15 ## [First enterprise customers – revenue or user engagement?](/resources/first-enterprise-customers-revenue-or-user-engagement/) Ideas · 2015-03-24 ## [One VC’s Take on NYC and Enterprise Tech](/resources/one-vcs-take-on-nyc-and-enterprise-tech/) --- Source page: /resources/