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Brianne Kimmel
I'm Brianne, founder of Work Life VC. AMA ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Hey there! I'm Brianne, founder of Work Life, an early stage venture firm in Silicon Valley, investing in tools and services for the modern workplace. I'm an investor in Webflow, Voiceflow, Tandem, Command E and 20+ startups. Prior to investing, I led Product & GTM strategy at Zendesk including self-serve revenue, technology integrations, and built Zendesk for Startups. Let's talk about the importance of selling to startups, how Web3 has evolved, and predictions for 2022! AMA ๐Ÿ‘‡
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Alexandra Cote
Brianne, I'd love to hear your thoughts on your go-to community building [and engagement, if you have the time] strategies? what works for you or what you noticed with other brands. TIA
Ash Rahman ๐ŸŽฎ
Zendesk for Startups was a helpful tool during our early days, kudos for building. What's your prediction on Web3 based games?
Andy Cook
What is your outlook on DAOs vs. traditionally incorporated startups and how do you see VCs participating in that ecosystem, if at all?
Andrii Kpyto
Hey Brianne! What is your advice for speedy enterprise acceptance of modern remote workplace tools, such as mentioned Tandem as a virtual office or Sembly as an online meeting agent, etc.?
Hi @briannekimmel I am an early customer and partner of Zendesk well before the founders moved to the USA. Also a Zendesk startup partner before 2013 and might still be. Wow! Just found this www.pressreleases.responsesource... Love to understand what your fund does - I'm building www.skilledup.life free talent for tech startups. At the same time, addressing the problem How do you get a job if you don't have experience?
Macgill Davis
Hey Brianne! How do you see Web3 and B2B SaaS interacting moving forward? How will Web3 change the B2B SaaS landscape?
Lakshmi
Hi Brianne! What are your top 3 predictions for 2022 wrt lifestyle and moving away from COVID? Cheers ๐Ÿ˜Ž
David J. Kim
Hi Brianne, thanks for your AMA. What are the top 3 mistakes you see founders make and what do you think can be done about them?
Shubham Pratap Singh
Hey @briannekimmel , Looking forward to connect with you on LinkedIn or any other platform for a quick 1-1 chat for your guidance and mentorship.
Veeraj Mehta
Hey Brianne - Super excited to see this. We were looking for a VC in this sector for our most recent round. Where is the best place to contact you?
Eden Vidal
Hey Brianne! Low-code tools have come and gone throughout the history of the web. What are the potentials of the current low-no-code wave? Do you believe it will ultimately commoditize the software industry?
Kiran Kanakadandi (yugahq.com)
Hi Brianne -- I'm trying to pilot my Future of Work SaaS at startups and am struggling to find the right sponsor persona. We're taking a new grounds-up employee-centric approach to employee retention where managers acknowledge employee choice of employer and work with the employee to learn and enable their aspirations. CXOs get the cost of attrition but are too busy to engage, HR is too invested in Lattice/Workday to try a new tool (since it'll question their own investment of said tools in the CXO eyes). I know that all tech companies are dealing with resignations, but am struggling to find early adopters. Any advice here? We're https://www.yugahq.com. TIA!
jurasai
Hey Brianne! Very optimistic about the impact of Web3 on the future of collaboration. Looking forward to seeing ecosystems allowing peer-to-peer contribution, alternative crowdfunding, and also virtual coworking, just to make it even more engaging ๐Ÿ’ซ We are currently experimenting with all these possibilities with https://Tokenhunt.club I would love to hear what are your findings so far!
Danny Denhard
Hey Brianne, you are known for your investments and supporting founders. What two themes are you expecting to invest in 2022?
Alex Miller
Hi Brianne, as a new VC it seems like there are too many great startups now and (at least for me) not enough capital - so i'm still learning to temper myself and slow down my deployment of capital. How do you decide when to say no?
Jessie
Seems like you are doing interesting things, congrats on all these achievements. Interesting discussion topics! Definitely curious to hear more people perspective on these pints. I think we live in a very interesting technology era with Web3 decentralizing and giving a voice to the people. With Covid we saw how fast Web3 grew which I find exciting. 2022 we'll see more and more integration of Web3 until it will become a belief system where it will be part of our everyday life.
Veronica (@instagram/bizcoachuk)
Hi Brianne, because of the need for startups to have a quick springboard that reduces costly mistakes and delaying progress, the importancce of selling to startups should not be underestimated. Whilst a small proprtion of startups (still very low percentage) will grow into corporates or even unicorns, the overwhelming majority will remain as small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are the backbone of the private sector across the world!
Zach Segal
Hey Brianne! What are some of the biggest opportunities for creators in web3?
Richard Michell
Hi Brianne, what is your outlook on on the future of customer success within Business to Business in SAAS can you pleas share?
Anna Grigoryan
How can founders pitch to your VC?