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Investor @NFX , 2x unicorn founder/operator, @Trulia Founder & Former CEO. Founding team at . 🇬🇧 🇺🇸. Board Member @NewStoryHomes

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Pete Flint

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The path to the TAM in your pitch deck starts at seed with a "killer wedge." It's not a GTM strategy or PMF, but it sets the direction for both. It's a critical point that's worth thinking through deeply. NFX has been doing a deep dive into this strategy. Our findings below:

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Pete Flint

4 years

If you're a startup Founder, being ahead of your time can be the same thing as being wrong.

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A startup's success will ultimately hinge on its ability to think long term while keeping up a frenetic pace. Learn how to keep an eye on the long term, even while you're sprinting to stay alive.

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1/ Seemingly overnight, everything changed. It was 2008 & I was running Trulia. We not only faced a recession but a catastrophic meltdown in our core market. I quickly learned how to survive —& thrive— in a downturn. Today I'm sharing 28 things we did.

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28 Moves to Survive (& Thrive) in a Downturn

In the face of a global pandemic and a financial meltdown, a new reality confronts Founders. Here are 28 moves to survive and thrive during a downturn.

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3 years

Not all revenue is equal. Every $ of revenue is more valuable if it's: - Low churn - Paid upfront - High gross margin - Not concentrated on a few customers - Resulting from a business w/ strong network effects

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In my experience, if you're a Founder of a company that reaches scale, there are 2 phases you go through: 1) Founder phase - build a great product & find product-market fit 2) CEO phase - build an enduring, sustainable organization at scale

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Pete Flint

2 years

I first heard @Billbrowder speak over 15 years ago at Stanford and was immediately captivated and followed his work ever since. Fortunate to meet him a few years back. Red Notice was gripping and tragic. Excited to dive into Freezing Order, his latest book.

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Remarkably few VCs have started, scaled and successfully excited meaningful companies.

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Marcelo Claure

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List investors or Venture Capitalists that have massively scaled a company and have exited successfully.

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Pete Flint

4 years

When I was building @trulia , we lived by a counterintuitive truth: *The team is the product.* That guided us as we grew to 1,000+ people & $3.5B acquisition by @zillow . Today I'm making public my playbooks for building a top team.

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4 Signs You’re Building A World-Class Team

Pete Flint, Founding CEO at Trulia and NFX Partner, is making public his playbooks for building world-class teams.

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Pete Flint

5 years

We just announced NFX Fund II at $275 Million. We're doubling down on seed stage - the most important stage. Today we're sharing our plans, & why the more interesting story isn't about a fund at all. It's about "Why" we're doing NFX.

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The Founder Mindset: Announcing NFX Fund II, $275 Million

Announcing NFX Fund II at $275 Million. We're doubling down on seed stage - the most important stage. We're sharing our plans, & why the more interesting story isn't about a fund at all.

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3 years

Truly honoured and delighted to receive to an OBE from the Queen! What a wonderful surprise. 🙏🎖🇬🇧 Such a privilege and thrill to help entrepreneurs to build their vision and change the world... and feeling so fortunate that I get to receive a medal for doing that!

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Congratulations to @NFX General Partner @peteflint for receiving an OBE for Services to entrepreneurship in the prestigious Queen's Birthday Honours list. It's *our honor* to work with him at NFX 👏🎖️🇬🇧

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7 years

VCs so often misunderstand market opportunities. It's not the size of the market it's the importance of the problem and the durability and scalability of the solution.

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4 years

The most interesting marketplace startups right now tend to be ones that are using technology to increase the value of the product or service being offered by the supply side of the marketplace.

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Pete Flint

5 years

1/10 It’s easy for Founders to assume all the big marketplace opportunities are taken. But it's 100% wrong. I'm seeing a new marketplace type emerge that I call Fintech-Enabled, where the platform has financial services built-in. Here's a tear-down of why this is a huge deal:

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Pete Flint

4 years

I'm thrilled to announce @NFX 's 4th General Partner, Morgan Beller ( @beller ). She is the co-founder of Libra & Facebook's @novi wallet, held key roles @Facebook & @Medium , and was a Deal Partner @a16z . Most of all she's an amazing & super talented person.

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Announcing our new General Partner, Morgan Beller

Today we’re announcing our fourth General Partner, Morgan Beller. She has the expertise, network, and trajectory almost unheard of in technology.

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Pete Flint

3 years

Everything @NFX is designed to help pre-seed & seed companies win. We’re your first investor. We lead deals. We typically invest $500K-5M and have capital to follow on. At $450M, our latest fund is for the next generation of category-defining startups

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NFX’s New $450M Fund For Pre-Seed & Seed

At $450M, NFX’s Fund III is the largest fund exclusively for pre-seed & seed startups. Everything we do at NFX is designed for this early stage.

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Pete Flint

7 years

Behind the scenes of how I built @trulia , navigated the Great Recession and incorporated Network Effects that led to the $3.5BN merger with Zillow.

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Pete Flint

5 years

The worst part of being a VC is saying no to incredibly talented individuals and of course sometimes getting it wrong. When I was a founder I was rejected many times by most of the “top” VC brands and while never fun, it always inspired me to up my game.

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#FBF Save the rejection letters that encourage you, even if they say no. Everything is fuel.

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Pete Flint

5 years

Congrats @samshank and @bchesky on the combination of @HotelTonight and @Airbnb - fascinating deal. Interesting times ahead for online travel.

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Pete Flint

4 years

The center of the world in the... 1960s was London 🇬🇧 1980s was New York 🇺🇸 2000s was Silicon Valley 🇺🇸 2020s is the Internet 👩‍💻

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Pete Flint

3 years

If tech adoption typically happens with young people first, and young people's single biggest expense in life is rent, then the residential rental space is potentially the mother of all markets.

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Pete Flint

4 years

The concept of first-mover advantage is too simplistic. What's important isn't whether you're earlier / later than competitors. It's more about who enters the market closest to when there's a critical mass of enabling technologies, economic impetus, and cultural acceptance.

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Pete Flint

3 years

Our new $450M Fund is exclusively for pre-seed & seed. We invest across all industries, but with particular focus on: 1) Businesses with strong network effects 2) Proptech, Marketplaces, Crypto, Techbio, Games, & Fintech 3) US, Israel, Latam, & Europe

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NFX’s New $450M Fund For Pre-Seed & Seed

At $450M, NFX’s Fund III is the largest fund exclusively for pre-seed & seed startups. Everything we do at NFX is designed for this early stage.

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Pete Flint

3 years

Nearly every marketplace is now trying to get closer to the transaction @Airbnb @Opendoor @DoorDash . Three years ago, I used the term "fintech-enabled marketplace" to describe this trend. Today, I have a new operating playbook for these marketplaces.

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The New Operating Manual for Fintech-Enabled Marketplaces

What’s been working and also what’s not been working since we first published about fintech-enabled marketplaces.

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Pete Flint

4 years

If there is any upside to the #CoronavirusOutbreak perhaps it is that people will realize that being a school teacher is a really hard and important job and we should pay and respect them much more. 👩‍🎓🏫

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Pete Flint

2 years

This week marks 10 years since Trulia's IPO. Time for a bit of personal reflection. 10 things I’ve learned as a founder, as a CEO, after going through an IPO, a merger, and now as an investor. 👇

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Pete Flint

3 years

Real estate touches everything we do. It's the economics of physical space. It shapes our lives by defining the environment in which we live and do business.

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Pete Flint

2 years

In my career, I've seen two major shifts in the real estate industry. Now, another is here. Paths to ownership of real estate are expanding. What “ownership” even means is also expanding. Here's my belief of where this is headed. Meet Real Estate 3.0.

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Real Estate 3.0 – The Ownership Revolution

In Real Estate 3.0, the very concept of ownership is what’s at play. Ownership structures and mental models are both changing.

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Pete Flint

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It’s now becoming clear to Founders, operators, and investors why @NFX has been active in LatAm. Today, @AnnaPinol_ and I share part of our LatAm Thesis, with observations from ~5 years of investing in the region and insights for many more years ahead.

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Why LatAm Is On The Rise

Founders, investors, and operators are all playing a role in building out LatAm's vibrant ecosystem.

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Pete Flint

4 years

1/Almost 100 years ago, the labor market hit 25% unemployment, and now it's collapsing again. But this crisis will be different. Today I'm sharing 4 trends that will empower labor marketplaces to get people back to work quickly, efficiently, & at scale:

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The New Generation of Labor Marketplaces and the Future of Work

With unemployment expected to reach 20-30%, on par with the Great Depression, the COVID-19 crisis heralds a once-in-a-century moment in the job market.

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Pete Flint

5 years

In startups, timing is everything. The truth is, for all practical purposes, being ahead of your time is often the same thing as being wrong. Consider the timing of your idea, not just the idea itself.

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Pete Flint

4 years

What many people didn't see when I led @Trulia from idea to IPO to a $3.5B merger w/ @Zillow were the 5 key mental models I had to adopt so I could evolve from being a "Product Founder" to a true CEO. Today I'm making them public for Founders everywhere.

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Pete Flint

7 years

Update on what we're up to at NFX. Really excited about our team and path ahead: NFX Launches $150 Million Fund to Transform How True Innovators Are Funded

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4 years

1/ Post 2008 I was able to grow without eroding our cash position. Startups today must make cutbacks to survive. Yet startups rarely cut their way to success — they need to grow. Today I'm sharing my guide on the new rules of Growth vs. Profitability:

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The New Rules of Growth vs. Profitability

This essay is a guide to help Founders build iconic businesses during downturns and navigate the new rules of growth vs. profitability.

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Pete Flint

4 years

As a board member, if I see a board deck with all the good things going on at a company and no negatives, it tells me that either the team can't see the problems they face or are unwilling to communicate them. Founders with a healthy dose of paranoia are much more exciting.

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Pete Flint

4 years

No matter how strong your founding team, if you enter a market to early you could be stuck waiting for a day that never comes. Enter too late and you're fighting an uphill battle against incumbents with greater scale. That's why timing is everything for startups.

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Pete Flint

4 years

Excited to announce that @NFX is co-leading a $4MM seed round in @WorkbyCore , a construction labor marketplace working to transform hiring for the world's largest industry, alongside @GVteam w/ participation from @robhayes & @Caterina

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Pete Flint

5 years

Wow - has it really only been two years since we "launched" NFX properly! Lots to be thankful for - working with an amazing crew at @NFX and a remarkable group of founders and companies. cc. @JamesCurrier @GigiLevy

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NFX Guild gets more serious about investing with a $150 million fund | TechCrunch

Roughly two years after emerging on the scene as a new Bay Area accelerator, NFX Guild, an outfit run by several seasoned founders, has raised $150 million for a full-fledged venture fund. It's quite...

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Pete Flint

7 years

Love this "Ladder of Helpfulness" when sending emails in your organization ask yourself what level of helpfulness the content is..

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Pete Flint

3 years

Headed to Mexico City next week to meet up with some of the incredible existing @NFX companies and hopefully meet some new ones. Anyone I should meet?

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Pete Flint

4 years

“Keep inventing, and don’t despair when at first the idea looks crazy. Remember to wander. Let curiosity be your compass. It remains Day 1.” 💪 @JeffBezos

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Pete Flint

5 years

Founders who are fundraising today face increasingly daunting hurdles. So we just made the NFX Fundraising Checklist available to all Founders, everywhere. These are the 13 top proof points to Series A, but it applies to all early-stage fundraising.

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The Fundraising Checklist: 13 Proof Points for Series A

A checklist of 13 proof points for startups to put themselves in the best possible position to fundraise for a Series A or later.

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Pete Flint

3 years

Incredible growth from Latin American PropTech leader @lahaus . From an @NFX pre-seed, now on track to facilitate more than $1BN in annualized gross sales. $135M Series B from @JeffBezos @Benioff @AcrewCapital @GreenspringVC @spencerrascoff @hadip +others

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Acrew Capital, Jeff Bezos back Colombia-based proptech La Haus' $100M debt, equity round | TechCr...

La Haus, which has developed an online real estate marketplace operating in Mexico and Colombia, has secured $100 million in additional funding, including

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Pete Flint

4 years

What many don’t appreciate about tech and VC migration from the Bay Area is that this is not a zero sum game. Migration of talent, ideas and capital will ultimately unlock much opportunity today than concentrating it. That’s a great thing. There are only winners here.

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Pete Flint

3 years

Be careful with early success as a startup. When you start feeling invincible, there's a danger of losing your paranoia and making unforced errors that benefit the competition. Don't let it get to your head. Play the long game.

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Pete Flint

4 years

I try to end every day with inbox zero for the simple reason that once I let a backlog start to build up, it quickly snowballs out of control. I try to reply to every email within 24 hours as a result.

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Pete Flint

2 years

Wonderful @NFX family gathering in Sonoma this past weekend with the incredible NFX team that make it all happen with their partners, kids and dogs. 🙏 ☀️ 🌳

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Pete Flint

5 years

There are only 2 types of companies: 1) those that look to increase prices of their products over time (Google Ads, Netflix) and 2) those that look to decrease prices over time (Amazon, Uber). Critical for start-ups to figure out which one they need to be to define strategy.

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Pete Flint

3 years

The biggest marketplaces have non-commoditized supply sides and focus on must haves not nice to haves. ✈️ 🏨 The biggest travel marketplaces sell beds not flights 🚘 🍔 The biggest gig marketplaces sell food, not rides.

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DoorDash just flipped Uber's market cap 🤯🤯🤯 Not going to pretend I thought this would happen back in 2015 when $DASH was <$1B and $UBER was $50B Onwards & upwards 🚀 $AMZN next

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Pete Flint

6 years

Was in London for less than 24 hours and stumbled upon the turning on of the Regent Street Christmas lights. Looking forward to the holiday season to brighten our hearts and our homes.

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Pete Flint

4 years

Growing a company from Founder to CEO requires that you practice High Leverage Time Management. Today I'm sharing my strategies for mastering time, alongside world-class Founders @gaganbiyani @juliahartz @samiinkinen @rrhoover @zatlyn & @jessicascorpio .

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High Leverage Time Management

The Founders of Trulia, Cloudflare, Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Udemy, Virta & Getaround share their highest leverage time management techniques.

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Pete Flint

2 years

Startup CEOs, Founders and teams. If you’re working at a startup today, this will likely be among the most challenging climates you’ll face. But there is also an abundance of opportunity in this moment if you can think differently, act quickly, and keep your head up. 🧵👇

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Pete Flint

3 years

The best startups don't have linear growth, they have exponential or geometric growth. Founders build the machine and then the company shifts its focus to building the machine that builds the machine.

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Pete Flint

4 years

Most first-time CEOs I talk to report feeling imposter syndrome when they become leaders of a big company. It's tempting to cope by acting like the "stereotypical CEO", but you should try to resist that impulse. Authenticity builds trust and makes you a more effective leader.

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Pete Flint

3 years

I truly believe we are entering the Golden Age of technology startups. Talent + Capital + Craziness = 💥💥💥

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“My experiences as both an entrepreneur and a venture capitalist tell me that 2021 is not the new 1999.” @peteflint

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4 years

Rules of thumb if you're an early-stage startup: 1. Find product-market fit *before* spending aggressively on growth 2. Once you have product-market fit, you need 3-5x annual growth

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5 years

1/ Behind every iconic company is a radical, risky idea. But we've seen less of these as the startup ecosystem has grown. Today, I'm sharing a framework for Founders to evaluate startup risk, so that they'll be able to strategically take more of it.

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Why Founders Should Take More Risk

Behind every iconic company is a radical, risk-laden idea. But as the startup ecosystem has grown, we’ve seen a decreasing appetite for risk & an increased emphasis on predictability and familiarity....

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Pete Flint

4 months

Thrilled to announce we are promoting Anna Piñol to Partner at @NFX . Known for her genuine nature, founder-first approach, global supernetwork, and operational expertise, Anna is someone you want in your corner. We sure do. Congrats, @AnnaPinol_ !

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Anna Piñol Promoted to Partner

Announcing the promotion of Anna Piñol to Partner at NFX, where she invests in Seed founders focused on AI applications transforming SaaS, fintech, marketplaces - and all things consumer.

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Pete Flint

2 years

Great few days in NYC with my terrific partners at @NFX meeting with founders. 🙏 🚀 @GigiLevy @beller @JamesCurrier

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5 years

The next generation of marketplaces will be FinTech-Enabled Marketplaces. 👫💰🏪💰👫 If you’re building a marketplace with fintech components, or a platform to enable such marketplaces, @NFX would love to hear from you. Check out our thesis below 👇

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The Next Frontier for 2-Sided Marketplaces: How Fintech Will Unlock Enormous Value

By using fintech to enable marketplace transactions, startups will be able to unlock new frontiers of opportunity. Fintech-enabled marketplaces are the next stage in marketplace evolution.

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Pete Flint

4 years

A downturn is the best time to position your company for growth. Your large competitors will likely be knocked sideways and unable to react. Your small competitors will be short on cash, hibernating, and unable to match your moves.

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Pete Flint

4 years

A downturn is the best time to position your company for growth. Your large competitors will likely be knocked sideways and unable to react. Your small competitors will be short on cash, hibernating, and unable to match your moves.

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In 2003: I had just come over from the UK to attend Stanford GSB and was figuring out what my next startup would be... In 2023: I went back to GSB this week to give a talk on my experience building Trulia from idea to IPO. Behind-the-scenes takeaways and tactics: 🧵👇

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4 years

Marketplaces usually suffer from disintermediation as a result of failing to provide sufficient value for the take rate they are charging, or because participants find it more convenient and have greater confidence in interacting directly than through a marketplace medium.

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Pete Flint

1 year

Sharing insights about starting and scaling companies today @StanfordGSB and investing @NFX . Lots of enthusiasm this year about AI and Climate amongst current students.

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Pete Flint

3 years

There’s much to learn by studying marketplaces @Uber @Zillow @Airbnb @Amazon . But every marketplace is different, including your own. Today I'm making public my framework for building your own marketplace expansion playbook.

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Growth Frameworks For Your Marketplace

Marketplace Founders commonly overfit their growth strategies to existing playbooks — which dramatically slows their growth.

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Pete Flint

7 years

1/ The Redfin IPO is a far more important moment for the real estate industry than the Zillow or Trulia IPOs $ZG $RDFN.

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Pete Flint

4 years

As a Founder/CEO, you need to be constantly learning and evolving. If a startup aims to be a learning machine, then the CEO needs to be the standard-bearer of that philosophy.

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Pete Flint

4 years

For some startups, your product-market fit just evaporated. Prepare & plan for a worst-case scenario and be delighted when you exceed it. Above all, your primary objective is to not run out of cash.

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Pete Flint

5 years

Early on in a startup, everyone wears many hats. But as the team grows, you have to define roles with more granularity. Most Founders don't plan ahead for role specialization, and that can slow down your scaling efforts when growth takes off suddenly, as it often does.

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Pete Flint

4 years

Market dislocations create a temporary mismatch between supply & demand. This enables nimble marketplaces to aggregate a new set of supply or demand to build liquidity quickly. I saw this first hand in online travel after 9/11 & online real estate in 2008. Crisis=Opportunity

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2 years

🚀 Wow - 5 years flies by. Just getting started @NFX . 👉 Actively investing today in exceptional founders at the pre-seed and seed. Get in touch. 🙏 to my incredible partners, team and all the @NFX founders!

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When we started NFX 5 years ago, our mission was to be the top pre-seed and seed VC in the world, partnering with the best founders in the world. 5 years in, here's how it's going: @beller @JamesCurrier @peteflint @GigiLevy @omri_drory

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5 years

3 things I learned about speed scaling Trulia from startup to IPO: 1. Don't be a bottleneck in the way of your team getting thing done 2. Make employees area of responsibilities very clear 3. Use scalable tools and comms to quickly give everyone the most context possible

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Pete Flint

4 years

Today @NFX is launching The Founder List - audio essays from tech's top leaders from @Instacart @HubSpot @trello @Facebook & more, chosen by the Founder community. Our inaugural group: @spolsky @max @joulee @scottbelsky @dharmesh @SeanEllis @dunkhippo33

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Announcing The Founders' List

We're launching The Founder List — audio essays from the most prolific leaders in technology, selected by the Founder community.

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Pete Flint

4 years

Excited to announce @NFX 's recent investment in SESO's $4.5M Seed round. Labor is critical to America's food supply, there are massive shortages & inefficiencies. Terrific team, vision & group of investors @foundersfund & @zebulgar

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SESO Labor is providing a way for migrant farmworkers to get legally protected work status in the...

As the Biden administration works to bring legislation to Congress to address the endemic problem of immigration reform in America, on the other side of

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Pete Flint

4 years

Face on Time Square from the organizers, deserves a share. I'm excited to speak next week at The Marketplace Conference! Speakers include CEOs and CXOs from many great marketplaces. Come join! 10% discount code "autotechfriend".

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Pete Flint

5 years

Marketplaces are a never-ending balancing act. As an early-stage Founder, how do you know what to focus on? I recently spoke with @Thumbtack co-Founder & CEO @mlz to compare notes on our highest leverage lessons for building billion dollar marketplaces

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How Billion Dollar Marketplaces Are Built with Marco Zappacosta, Co-Founder & CEO of Thumbtack

NFX Managing Partner Pete Flint talks to Thumbtack co-founder & CEO Marco Zappacosta about building billion dollar marketplaces.

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Proud to announce today that @NFX co-led a $12.5M Series A in Modus. Modus is a PropTech startup that is transforming the home closing process by digitizing title & escrow services, making them simpler & more secure. Here's why we invested:

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3 Reasons Why NFX Is Investing In Modus

Why NFX is investing in Modus, a PropTech company building software to simplify the home closing process.

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@Rodrisanzrios @NFX @LaHausCom @JamesCurrier @GigiLevy That was a great trip to Colombia and Medellin - how things have progressed. Looking forward to the next one!

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Congrats to @LaHausCom on their $35M Series B. @NFX started working with the team after they graduated from Stanford and led their pre-seed. It's been an incredible journey in a few short crazy years to market leadership in Mexico, Colombia and beyond!

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Colombia’s La Haus Raises $35M To Digitize LatAm’s Residential Real Estate

La Haus is building a real estate marketplace for Latin America to make the home buying and selling process easier.

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Huge congrats to @ericwu01 @rabois @chamath and the team at @Opendoor for their impending public listing. It's been a remarkable journey and just getting going. Flashback to 10 years ago when Eric Wu and I first worked together, as told by @karaswisher

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Great trip meeting incredible entrepreneurs in Mexico City 🇲🇽. Such great talent and opportunity there and across LatAm. So excited about all the @NFX companies @LaHausCom , @zubaleoficial & Melonn and others that I met and so many more I didn’t have a chance to meet…. Yet!

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Golden Gate Bridge around sunrise this morning. Always beautiful. #NOFILTER

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The "lone Founder" archetype is mostly a myth. Long-term success is really only driven by teams.

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Introducing VC Match a free simple tool designed to help founders find the right investors for them. Empowering everyone with software + data to improve startup fundraising. @JamesCurrier @GigiLevy @eriktorenberg @sferik @NFXGuild

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Announcing VC Match: The Obvious Fundraising Tool No One Built - Until Now

Today we’re launching VCMatchApp.com. It’s built for Founders to find the right VC faster. Try it out here. To uncover your best VC matches, answer 7 questions about your company and founding team,...

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Great convo with @DavidSacks on managing through a downturn. Great insights and takeaways.

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Paypal nearly died several times. The '08 recession could have ended Trulia. Yet...both emerged stronger from it. How? Today PayPal co-founder @davidsacks ( @craft_ventures ) & Trulia founder @peteflint ( @NFX ) share tactics to survive + thrive in a crisis.

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As a CEO, you have to seek out the people within your company who will give you honest, straight feedback. Understand that if people have the courage to critique you, there are probably more who feel the same way but aren't voicing their opinions.

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Excited for the 2nd annual #PropTechCEOSummit in SF today with @plevine brought to you by @NFX and @SapphireVC bringing together the best and brightest CEOs and experts in the PropTech industry.

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Talking about my journey from the UK to Silicon Valley, entrepreneurship via @lastminute_com & @trulia and investing with @NFX in immigrants. And yes, can't stop grumbling about the weather. Great to meet @OliviaRudgard from @Telegraph @TelegraphTech

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Lastminute.com founder Pete Flint: 'naivety, being British and having nothing to lose help in...

Homegrown Tech Talent:

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Labor marketplaces will be critical to getting people back to work quickly, efficiently, and at scale. Because of this, labor marketplaces being built today are going to have an enormous economic and societal impact.

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Every great startup will experience some form of crisis during their lifetime. And it is often the defining experience in the startup's life.

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@immad Hi Immad - check out from @NFX - a free tool that does exactly this. It's an NFX community project that we support, so always looking for feedback from users on what they'd like to see on the platform.

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It's been fascinating to both fiercely compete and then partner up and collaborate with @Rich_Barton and @spencerrascoff while at @trulia and @ZillowGroup . Time to take a moment to celebrate @spencerrascoff 's epic contributions at ZG.

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@rabois I heard @Billbrowder speak at @StanfordBiz around 2004 and the talk made a lasting impression on me. Can't wait to read this.

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20 yrs ago this week I was part of a team that took a company public at the height of the dotcom boom. It was a remarkable time and an incredible learning experience as a 25 yr old. Although I learnt so much more navigating the collapse than the boom.

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💨💨🏃 at the Kaiser San Francisco Half Marathon. 🙏 to the @letsdothisrace team for the inspiration and encouragement!

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Opportunities for startups in the enormous global real estate industry. Beneath the surface, a powerful wave of capital + startups are set to redefine an industry. See why and where @NFXGuild is investing in PropTech:

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PropTech: A Massive Opportunity We’re Seeing

Why NFX is investing in real estate by Trulia Founder and NFX Partner Pete Flint

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Today, my friend April Underwood ( @aunder ) and I discuss her inside stories & lessons from leading product @Twitter and @SlackHQ . Founders rarely get this kind of access to how product & growth decisions are made at these iconic, category-defining co's:

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The Product Thinking That Built Slack & Twitter, with April Underwood

April Underwood offers inside stories and lessons learned from leading product at two category-defining companies, Slack and Twitter.

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Whenever a new enabling technology appears, it allows new marketplaces to arise that couldn't exist before. SEO + Search: Trulia, Zillow, Indeed Mobile: Uber + Lyft AI will have the same effect The potential of AI-first marketplaces here + below:

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The AI-First Marketplace

Ten years from now, marketplaces will look very different from the way they do today.

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