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Next NYC Spotlight: Building a World-Class Sales Team

Next NYC Spotlight: Building a World-Class Sales Team

In 2018, Persona entered the game to become the identity layer of the internet. While they’ve been continuously expanding their talent and improving the product, it’s been imperative for the team to refine their GTM.

Oct 26, 2023
What’s New In Edge Computing?

What’s New In Edge Computing?

Like cloud computing, edge computing is a significant paradigm shift that’s poised to be the next platform shift. This shift stems from the fundamental way in how data is processed and managed.

Oct 16, 2023
Generative AI’s Path to Enterprise Adoption

Generative AI’s Path to Enterprise Adoption

Over the past year, we’ve seen the hype cycle of Generative AI takeover. For many founders, Large Language Models (LLMs) have removed the barrier to experimenting with ML workflows, making it easier than ever to hack together a prototype and get started.

Oct 12, 2023
Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: FireHydrant Co-Founder & CEO Robert Ross on Incident Management

Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: FireHydrant Co-Founder & CEO Robert Ross on Incident Management

We chatted with Robert Ross on how his background uniquely positions the company to win, his leadership style throughout the growth phases of the startup, and what’s next.

Sep 26, 2023
Seed Investor Models: Incentives & Biases Exposed

Seed Investor Models: Incentives & Biases Exposed

With Y Combinator Demo Day upon us, ‘tis the season of $2M on $20M cap SAFEs. While many investors have been vocal against such raises, YC Partners generally stand by them and even YC founder Paul Graham is vocal with his defense. 

Sep 19, 2023
What Consumers Can Teach Us About The Future Of Employee Identity Management

What Consumers Can Teach Us About The Future Of Employee Identity Management

“CIO Perspectives” is a white paper series by Mark Settle that explores top-of-mind technical issues confronting today’s CIOs and IT leaders.

Sep 18, 2023
An Ode To Operators: Introducing Work-Bench's Next NYC Network

An Ode To Operators: Introducing Work-Bench's Next NYC Network

As an enterprise software VC firm, our mission has always been to find, fund, and support game-changing enterprise software founders, at the earliest stage.

Sep 12, 2023
GTM Tactics You Need To Scale in Marketing, Sales, Product & Professional Services

GTM Tactics You Need To Scale in Marketing, Sales, Product & Professional Services

We wanted to get into the nitty gritty GTM tactics these operators have used and proved-out on their journeys to scaling successful enterprise startups.

Sep 12, 2023
1st Principles for Seed-Stage Enterprise Software Startups

1st Principles for Seed-Stage Enterprise Software Startups

Building an enterprise startup is hard. But building an enterprise startup amidst this downtown is exceptionally harder. 

Sep 11, 2023
The Key to Leveraging Founders’ Deep Domain Expertise

The Key to Leveraging Founders’ Deep Domain Expertise

There is a great line about exceptional founders that resonates with who we invest in at Work-Bench: “This person has thought about this problem more than anyone else.”

Aug 18, 2023
#Infrasummer: Highlights From Our Best Summer Yet

#Infrasummer: Highlights From Our Best Summer Yet

Inspired by the Developer Tooling and Infrastructure boom in NYC this past decade and our continued search for the next generation of startups in the space, we hosted what we called “Infrasummer,” a summer blitz of themed events and content.

Aug 16, 2023
Application Automation: The Past, Present and Future

Application Automation: The Past, Present and Future

The world of automation is rapidly evolving. Recent advancements in AI are fundamentally changing the way we work, and have already instilled new behaviors and expectations for enterprise-grade products.

Jul 19, 2023
10 Lessons from 10 Years of Work-Bench

10 Lessons from 10 Years of Work-Bench

In honor of 10 years of Work-Bench, we thought it’d be a good time to reflect on this past decade with 10 lessons learned. Hopefully some of these lessons can be helpful to you, whether you are a founder, operator, or fund manager.

Jul 13, 2023
Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: AuthZed Co-Founder & CEO Jake Moshenko on Building for Developers

Work-Bench Founder Spotlight: AuthZed Co-Founder & CEO Jake Moshenko on Building for Developers

AuthZed is a true story of the Work-Bench community coming full circle.

Jul 11, 2023
The State of Enterprise Tech in NYC: 1H 2023 Funding in Three Charts

The State of Enterprise Tech in NYC: 1H 2023 Funding in Three Charts

We’ve been investing in enterprise tech startups for a decade now and have been tracking the local NYC enterprise ecosystem’s growth through a series of Enterprise Tech in NYC Funding Reports.

Jul 7, 2023