The Stockdale paradox is something I always try to encourage in my teams. You believe you’re going to succeed — you must in order to build a business — but you can’t delude yourself about the problems you have to fix. With degrees from Harvard University and the University of…

by Tess Vorselen This year, amidst a talent landscape shaped by market, pandemic, and geopolitical headwinds, we conducted our first annual compensation survey. Our approach was guided by conversations held earlier in the year with founders and people leaders in our portfolio. …

By Josh Stein and Emily Melton We are thrilled to announce that Arpit Mittal, most recently an investor with Google’s Gradient Ventures, has joined Threshold’s investment team as a principal. We are an intentionally small and focused firm. We only look to add to our team when we find someone…

By Carol Wentworth Our previous post offered advice for pitching your C-suite executives to in-person events. …

By Carol Wentworth As we edge tentatively out of remote work and back-to-back Zoom calls, company marketers are once again looking to in-person events as a way to build visibility and raise profiles. The big “get”: snaring a speaking slot for C-level executives. …

Building a venture capital firm that’s focused by design — By Emily Melton and Josh Stein We’re proud to share that Threshold has raised two new funds: Threshold IV and Threshold Select. Together these funds have committed capital of more than $450 million, which we intend to invest using the same proven strategy we’ve followed since Threshold’s inception: aligning our…

Going from zero to one client is difficult. You must get used to people saying no and thinking it’s not a good idea. You have a vision for something different and you must be persistent around that. That was probably the most difficult thing for me personally. …

I had dedicated my career to innovating in healthcare so when this opportunity came along, I just knew it was the thing I must do next. Naomi Allen is someone with a hankering for taking on big challenges. Like selling everything she owned before setting off on a year and…

By Mo Islam, Partner, Threshold Ventures I am thrilled to announce Threshold is leading a $15million Series A for OpsLevel. OpsLevel is building a unified developer platform where teams can own, operate and understand their production infrastructure. …