It takes a village.
There is no ONE way to build a startup. It’s a tangled path and we’re here to help. Our village consists of 100+ enterprise founders and builders from some of the best developer first and SaaS companies. We’ve been in your shoes 👟, on the same journey as you. We’ve launched with whiteboard ideas, scaled and exited 🦄. Our goal is to help you do the same.
Now dig in and soak up all this wisdom and insight.
Top Resources

What’s Hot in Enterprise IT/VC »
A weekly newsletter assembled by Founder and General Partner Ed Sim, containing readings and notes on enterprise VC, software, and scaling startups.

Software Snack Bites »
Curated by boldstart Partner Shomik Ghosh, Software Snack Bites is your go-to spot to learn about enterprise software, trends, and concepts that we’re seeing in the software ecosystem.

Dev First Founder Toolkit »
A collection of blog posts, templates and resources which we’ve created specifically for Dev First founders of startups.

Ellen’s Newsletter »
The newsletter of boldstart Partner, Ellen Chisa, with material related to early stage startups, particularly product, developer relations, and VC.

Cryptosis »
A newsletter all about Crypto, curated by boldstart Associate Ernest Addison.
All Resources
Venture Confidential (Heavybit): Ep. #14, Building Community with Boldstart’s Ed Sim »
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 »

Why I love and fear AWS »
Building AI on CXOTalk; cutting through AI hype, “applied AI” to enterprise »

Apps Sell Infrastructure »

Thoughts from RSA and the Climate for Security Startups »
Developer Love Versus Revenue »

Thoughts on SaaS in 2017 »

Pitching a Seed Stage Enterprise Startup »
