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Lessons from Coinbase, My $2 Billion Success

April 14, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
Eight years ago, I met a founder and invested $300,000 into his company. Those shares are now worth over $2.4 billion. That company was Coinbase, which investors have now valued at more than $100 billion. It's the best investment I've ever made.
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Spotting the inflection point: How Initialized Helped Coinbase at the moment of product market fit

In 2013, I was helping Brian Armstrong get introductions to the Valley’s best investors.

December 17, 2020 Garry Tan Uncategorized
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How to Get Rich, The Real Way

A lot of you say you want to get rich, but what you really want is wealth.

April 8, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized

How to Find Your True Self and Fight Your Own Battles

If you want to build a team or product that changes the world, you have to understand your many minds.

March 30, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
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Meet Cohere: The Future of Customer Service & Onboarding Customers

There’s nothing like picking up the phone and helping a user all the way one-on-one — that’s what helped mega startup Superhuman.…

March 23, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized
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How To Re-Open Your Startup’s Offices

Now that the United States is on a path to return to a kind of normalcy by Independence Day, you have less…

March 23, 2021 Kim-Mai Cutler Uncategorized

Cohere’s Real-Time Support Technology is the Future of Customer Engagement

Over the past year, companies and consumers have had to take a significant portion of their business and business processes 100% online.…

March 17, 2021 Jennifer Wolf Uncategorized
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Meet the Partners Breaking Venture’s Glass Ceiling

While less than 5% of U.S.-based VC partners are women, our current senior investment team is 50% women.

March 15, 2021 The Honeybadger Uncategorized

Six Startup Growth Strategies

Your startup just got funded.

March 5, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized

Startup Next Steps After Raising First Million

Startups raise millions all the time now, but what should founders do after they do?

February 23, 2021 Garry Tan Uncategorized

Fundraising Fallacies

I conducted an informal survey with about 40 investors and asked for the advice they would give others.

February 22, 2021 Andrew Lee Uncategorized
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Eight years ago, Initialized founder and managing Eight years ago, Initialized founder and managing partner Garry Tan met Brian Armstrong. He went on to invest $300,000 into Brian’s company Coinbase. That major bet is now worth over $2.4 billion. 

It’s been a wild ride to get to this moment but we couldn’t be more excited that we got the opportunity to see the evolution of Coinbase from a front-row seat. Keep on building! 

#crypto #builders #coinbase
Eight years ago, Initialized founder and managing partner Garry Tan met Brian Armstrong. He went on to invest $300,000 into Brian’s company Coinbase. That major bet is now worth over $2.4 billion.  It’s been a wild ride to get to this moment but we couldn’t be more excited that we got the opportunity to see the evolution of Coinbase from a front-row seat. Keep on building!  #crypto #builders #coinbase
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