Show Notes* (01:40) Sakib shared formative experiences of his upbringing in SoCal and his undergraduate experience at the University of Pennsylvania. * (05:24) Sakib recalled his favorite classes at Penn. * (07:55) Sakib reflected on his internship experience at Innova Dynamics and Morgan Stanley. * (11:04) Sakib reflected on his decision to pursue a career in venture capital at Bessemer Venture Partners. * (14:02) Sakib walked through his process of proving value as a new investor. * (16:21) Sakib explained his process of forming clear investment theses. * (18:35) Sakib talked about his brief year as a product manager at Viagogo before going back to Bessemer. * (22:04) Sakib dissected his investments in LaunchDarkly and PagerDuty (in the domain of developer-centric platforms). * (24:16) Sakib explained his investments in Coiled, Prefect, and Arcion Labs (in the domain of data infrastructure). * (25:59) Sakib walked through his investment in Guild Education and Tribe (in the domain of education and community management). * (29:06) Sakib shared advice to portfolio companies in terms of navigating hard decisions and growth strategy. * (34:18) Sakib outlined Bessemer's roadmap on data infrastructure - which looks at the wave of startups enabling the next generation of data-driven businesses. * (39:57) Sakib brought up the products that help abstract away complexity from data engineering problems. * (41:34) Sakib highlighted the tools that power the next generation of data scientists. * (43:27) Sakib emphasized the emergence and evolution of metadata management * (46:48) Sakib unpacked the evolution of ML infrastructure. * (49:28) Sakib examined the key trends and opportunities that will define the next wave of BI and data analytics software. * (52:56) Sakib shared his investment perspectives on climate change and student builders. * (55:29) Closing segment.
Sakib's Contact Info* Profile Page * LinkedIn * Twitter
Mentioned ContentPeople1. Sarah Catanzaro (General Partner of Amplify Partners) 2. Ed Sim (Founder of Boldstart Ventures) 3. Mike Speiser (Managing Partner of Sutter Hill Ventures)
Book* "The Idea Factory" (by Jon Gertner)
NotesMy conversation with Sakib was recorded back in late 2022. Since then, I recommend checking out these resources:
- This blog post on the era of intelligent search
- Bessermer's AI Roadmap and the ChatBVP bot
- Bessemer's 2023 Cloud 100 Benchmarks Report