Office Hours with Tomasz Tunguz Tomasz Tunguz

Please join us for a conversation between Tom Tunguz, GP of Theory Ventures, and Evan Cheng, Co-Founder & CEO of Mysten Labs. We cover his advances in Web3 (like a new language, ZK proof of logins, and kiosks) to the Mysten ecosystem and future of the blockchain developer experience.

Colin Zima, Co-Founder and CEO of Omni Analytics and previously Chief Analytics Officer at Looker during its $2.6b acquisition by Google joins Tom Tunguz of Theory Ventures to discuss the evolving landscape of business intelligence including impacts of AI, self-service trends, and enhanced focus on data governance & security.

Steven Goldfeder, Co-Founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, joins Tom Tunguz of Theory Ventures to discuss Arbitrum - the $21b web3 project. Three primary takeaways from this discussion:

1) In building a vibrant developer community, equal treatment across developers is essential from the start.
2) The ability for developers to customize and optimize chains is at an all-time high, and while there will continue to be complexity, we'll also likely see consolidation in the near term.
3) Community-Source licenses is the future of open software, as it creates alignment with the developer community & project needs.

Data teams are becoming software engineering teams(1). On December 14th we welcomed Philip Zelitchenko(2), VP of Data from ZoomInfo, to talk about how he has built this discipline within his team.

(1) https://tomtunguz.com/data-engineering/
(2) https://linkedin.com/in/philipzelichenko

Raj Sarkar, former CMO at 1Password, joins Tom Tunguz of Theory Ventures to discuss the dynamic strategies of "Outbound Fury" in marketing-led growth and why it's crucial to couple with PLG to stay competitive.

Oliver Jay, former CRO at Asana and executive at Dropbox, joins Tom Tunguz of Theory Ventures to discuss the PLG trap and how to avoid it. Three primary takeaways from this discussion:
1) If you're a startup leader, revenue is fuel, particularly in this environment.
2) As you think about going from product-led to sales-led motion, it's not just about security features, it's about building the enterprise value story. And, the value that an enterprise can get from software can be meaningfully larger than for the individual.
3) If you're past the PLG trap, the most important thing that a founder can do is to focus: become a solution-oriented product to reestablish product market fit and recharge velocity.