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We're incredibly excited to welcome Rahul Vohra (CEO of Superhuman) and Naj Austin (CEO of Ethel's Club and Somewhere Good) to speak next Thursday (9/24) at .

The event is free to join, virtual, and open to all!

RSVP here today: http://fmc.vc/designdriven924

We're growing our team! Apply to join FirstMark as an Associate here in NYC. Full description of the role & requirements below.

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Congratulations to Isaac and the entire Justworks team! 🎉

"We are strong believers in Justworks as they continue to push forward to revolutionize the HR industry." - Beth Ferreira, General Partner at FirstMark Capital

Justworks Raises $50 Million to Level the Playing Field for Small Businesses | Justworks Series E Round Led by Union Square Ventures and FirstMark Capital Brings Total Funding to $143 Million

Today, FirstMark-backed Crisp officially launched its demand forecasting platform! Learn more about the unique approach they're taking and hear Founder & CEO Are Traasdahl share why it's imperative to tackle global food waste *now.*

Crisp, the demand forecast platform for the food industry, goes live – TechCrunch The food industry may be the biggest industry in the world, but it’s also one of the least efficient. BCG says 1.6 billions tons of food, worth $1.2 trillion, is wasted in food every year and those numbers are only expected to go up. A number of players have stepped up to try and solve [&hell…

In the world of Customer Success, asking the right question at the right time can be the difference between a renewal and an upsell… or churn.

Here are a few of the favorites from the experts. 👇

The Most Effective Questions to Ask Your Customers Top CS Leaders Share Their Favorite Questions

Hot off the press! 📰 FirstMark's Founder & Managing Director Rick Heitzmann joins Harry Stebbings on The Twenty Minute VC to discuss generational transitions, building an environment of trust with founders + more. Thanks to Harry for the great interview!

20VC: Firstmark's Rick Heitzman on The Rise of Pre-Emptive Rounds, His Biggest Learnings From The Pinterest Board, 2 Things VCs Can Do To Prepare Their Companies For The Downturn and Why Now Is A Good Time to Be Contrarian and Invest In Consumer... Rick Heitzman is a Founder and Partner @ Firstmark Capital with a portfolio including Airbnb, Pinterest, InVision, Shopify and Discord to name a few.

Shopify's newest product, Shopify Email, is what Craig Miller (Chief Product Officer at Shopify) calls "the first email product designed for e-commerce.”

Another big step forward in providing a completely seamless end-to-end experience for entrepreneurs!

Read more about the latest addition to the Shopify product suite here. 👇

Shopify expands into email marketing – TechCrunch Shopify continues to expand beyond its core e-commerce platform with a new product called Shopify Email. Shopify’s chief product officer Craig Miller and director of product for marketing technology Michael Perry gave me a quick demo of the product yesterday; Miller argued that they’ve …

Congratulations to Jeremy and the entire Schoology team on the start of their next incredible chapter with PowerSchool! 🎉

PowerSchool to Acquire Schoology, Creating the Most Comprehensive Unified Classroom Solution for K-12 Education Learn more!

Are Traasdahl, Founder & CEO of FirstMark-backed Crisp, had a fantastic interview (linked below) with Cheddar Inc. on the future of food waste and how Crisp is optimally aligned to help tackle one of the largest problems facing our food system today—accurate & consistent forecasting throughout the supply chain.

Fixing the Global Food Supply Chain to Feed 10 Billion People As the human population on Earth rises, the amount of food being wasted is becoming an alarming issue. New technology CRISP is looking to change that. Are Traasdahl, founder and CEO of CRISP, joined Cheddar to discuss.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-logmein-nailed-39-straight-quarters-sales-jack-cohen/

How LogMeIn Nailed 39 Straight Quarters of Sales Forecasting This article was originally published on FirstMark's Medium. Accurately forecasting sales is an incredibly complex process.