Unlocking the $3 trillion opportunity that will allow us to simultaneously reduce healthcare costs, improve patient outcomes, and build highly profitable businesses. Written by Steph Weiner, Investor at FirstMark Throughout all of human history, nearly all healthcare services have been performed in person by a human. We’re on the verge…

Collaboration is at the heart of the tech ecosystem. The willingness of founders to share what’s working and what isn’t — in ways completely unlike any other industry — has been part and parcel of the ethos that has fueled technology’s growth, iteratively and explosively, over the past few decades…

What if instead of paying to acquire customers, your customers paid you? Written by Adam Nelson, Partner at FirstMark — Thank you to Ben Winn, Dez Fleming, Dan Kozikowski, Lisa Xu, Mark Goldberg, and Ashley Mayer for your feedback. — We may not be in full-fledged Fintech Winter, but it’s…

For startups, pricing is one of the most powerful growth lever that’s hiding in plain sight. A thoughtful pricing strategy will propel new customer adoption, strengthen your unit economics, and promote the adoption of new products. …

A New Resource From FirstMark The New Treasury Playbook for 2023 is a living playbook for current treasury best practices for venture-backed startups. This playbook draws from our collective experience through multiple cycles, as well as the CFO Guild, our invite-only community that brings together 400+ CFOs from the venture-backed ecosystem. The guidelines presented in the document are intended to be viewed exactly as that; guidelines. We encourage all companies to work in close concert with their Board and Legal counsel to develop the right treasury approach for your business.

Sagnik Nandy is the Chief Development Officer at Okta; overseeing engineering, product, design, and operations for Okta Workforce Identity Cloud. Previously, he spent nearly 16 years at Google where he was a VP of Engineering and built and managed products like Google’s publisher ads platforms, Google Analytics, and some of…

Hiring a great CFO is one of the hallmark transition moments that founders take as their startup begins to mature. …

FirstMark is hiring two Talent Associates focused on Engineering and Executive recruiting FirstMark is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in technology startups. We are proud to work with entrepreneurs who build iconic companies like Shopify, Pinterest, DraftKings, Airbnb, and dozens of others. …

Todd Yellin is a Netflix veteran of over 14 years and currently serves as VP of Product. He is responsible for leveraging vast amounts of data, sophisticated algorithms, and best-in-class user interfaces across numerous viewing devices to create easy, compelling ways for Netflix members to find something great to watch…