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
Mentioned Content
People
- Sarah Catanzaro (General Partner of Amplify Partners)
- Ed Sim (Founder of Boldstart Ventures)
- Mike Speiser (Managing Partner of Sutter Hill Ventures)
Book
- "The Idea Factory" (by Jon Gertner)
Notes
My 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
About the show
Datacast features long-form, in-depth conversations with practitioners and researchers in the data community to walk through their professional journeys and unpack the lessons learned along the way. I invite guests coming from a wide range of career paths — from scientists and analysts to founders and investors — to analyze the case for using data in the real world and extract
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