Matt Heiman·Mar 5, 2021What Brian Armstrong understood that Satoshi did notWhile crypto solved a problem in computer science, it didn’t change human nature.A response icon1A response icon1
InTeam CRVbyMatt Heiman·Jul 31, 2019Easy to Understand, Hard to Do: A Blueprint for Success in Consumer InternetThe best companies are simultaneously very easy to understand and very hard to build
InTeam CRVbyMatt Heiman·Jan 16, 2019Our investment in Niantic LabsI’m excited to announce CRV’s investment in Niantic’s Series C financing.
Matt Heiman·Apr 10, 2018Beyond network effects; digging moats in non-networked productsImportant businesses will be built in areas without network effects and there are ways to become extremely valuable without themA response icon4A response icon4
Matt Heiman·Nov 27, 2017Predicting success in startup consumer brandsHow does one know which bands have the highest chance of success?A response icon1A response icon1
Matt Heiman·Sep 5, 2017Why ‘TAM’ doesn’t matter to meIf you had applied the TAM framework over the past 25 years, you would have passed on most of the best venture investments of all time.A response icon4A response icon4
Matt Heiman·Jan 15, 2017How innovation under the hood will enable fintech startups to go over-the-topThe next billion dollar fintech startup may not look like a traditional fintech company at all.
Matt Heiman·Nov 7, 2016The Last Frontier of Consumerizing Travel Lives in the WorkplaceThe time has come for startups to consumerize the $1 trillion global corporate travel market.A response icon1A response icon1
Matt Heiman·May 1, 2016How Android gets to 100% market shareAndroid, and the Google stack more broadly, could take an even greater share and become the platform of choice.
Matt Heiman·Jan 24, 2016The evolving nature of P2P lending marketplacesDespite the excitement, there are many things that are misunderstood about the marketplace lending industry.