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Introducing the Work-Bench Enterprise Playbook Library

Over our decade helping fund, grow, and support early-stage enterprise software startups, we’ve seen the most difficult challenges and the most tactical solutions for scaling an enterprise startup.

Work-Bench

Jan 10, 2023

17 NYC Enterprise Seed Startups to Watch in 2023

As enterprise Seed investors in NYC, we keep a pulse on all of the new founders and startups entering the ecosystem (and track them weekly in our Enterprise Weekly Newsletter).

Priyanka Somrah

Jan 6, 2023

2023: A Look Into The Enterprise Software Crystal Ball

Last year we talked about how the industry was overinflated thanks to megarounds and unprecedented valuations, alluding to a future correction. That correction hit hard in 2022 and its ripple effects will continue to make waves through the entire year to come.

Work-Bench

Dec 16, 2022

2022: How NYC Enterprise Software Survived A Year Of Turbulence

2022 was a whirlwind. The worsening market downturn certainly weighed on everyone’s mind and to navigate these times, we doubled down on what we know best - our two flywheels of community and corporate engagement.

Work-Bench

Dec 15, 2022

Announcing Our Investment In Common Fate

We’re excited to announce our investment in Common Fate’s $3.1M Seed round, alongside Haystack and Essence VC.

Kelley Mak

Dec 12, 2022

2022 #Womenterprise Report: Only 400 Enterprise Software Startups Are Female Founded

Our 2nd annual #Womenterprise Report continues to prove that gender disparity is far worse for women in enterprise software than the broader tech ecosystem and the problem remains relatively unsolved from 2021.

Kira Colburn

Dec 6, 2022

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Security Dashboards For Everyone Else

As ransomware and major vulnerabilities run rampant, security has remained a high priority for organizations even during the recent downturn.

Kelley Mak

Aug 9, 2022

Modern Data Warehouses Expanding Horizons for New Data Architectures

The movement towards real-time streaming infrastructures is finally crystalizing. In the last 3 years alone, I’ve observed a growing number of startups and products...

Priyanka Somrah

Aug 4, 2022

Building with Serverless: A 2022 Review

For this article, we’re defining “serverless” as an application built using a suite of managed deployment and infrastructure services from a cloud provider like AWS, GCP, or Azure. Our focus is on truly serverless deployments that use some combination of the following.

Ayush Kapur

Jul 6, 2022

PLG & the Evolving SaaS Billing & Pricing Infrastructure 🌊

This post was originally published on The Data Source, my monthly newsletter covering the top innovation in data infrastructure, engineering and developer-first tooling. Subscribe here and never miss an issue!

Priyanka Somrah

Sep 30, 2021

Data Science Notebooks & the Opportunity Ahead 📓

Priyanka Somrah

May 20, 2021

Work-Bench Snapshot: Areas Primed for Opportunity in Procurement

The Work-Bench Snapshot Series explores a particular topic we’re digging into from an investment standpoint.

Jessica Lin

Mar 29, 2021

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2022 #Womenterprise Report: Only 400 Enterprise Software Startups Are Female Founded

Kira Colburn

Dec 6, 2022

Women in Enterprise Sales Forum: The Secret Sauce to Partnerships Sales Success with Red Hat, Cisco & BigID

Partnerships are a fast-growing and critical part of enterprise sales. Additionally, the dynamics behind Partnerships have evolved dramatically even in the last few years.

Jessica Lin

Oct 22, 2021

Decoding Product-Led Growth: Top Tactics To Master the User’s Product Journey from GitLab, Figma & Airtable

Fall has officially arrived and we kicked off the season with an NY Enterprise Tech Meetup talking about a go-to-market motion making more noise in the enterprise sales world than ever before: Product-Led Growth (PLG).

Work-Bench

Oct 5, 2021

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Introducing the Work-Bench Enterprise Playbook Library

Over our decade helping fund, grow, and support early-stage enterprise software startups, we’ve seen the most difficult challenges and the most tactical solutions for scaling an enterprise startup.

Work-Bench

Jan 10, 2023

The Sales Playbook That Turbocharged Outreach from $0 to $200M ARR

Our November NY Enterprise Tech Meetup focused on a topic we’re particularly passionate about at Work-Bench: enterprise sales and go-to-market tactics.

Work-Bench

Nov 15, 2022

How To Handle VC Inbound After Raising A Seed Round

First of all, congrats! After putting in the tremendous hard work of getting your enterprise startup off the ground and gaining some traction, you’ve closed your Seed round.

Jonathan Lehr

Mar 16, 2022

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Security Dashboards For Everyone Else

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Modern Data Warehouses Expanding Horizons for New Data Architectures

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Building with Serverless: A 2022 Review

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PLG & the Evolving SaaS Billing & Pricing Infrastructure 🌊

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Data Science Notebooks & the Opportunity Ahead 📓

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Work-Bench Snapshot: Areas Primed for Opportunity in Procurement

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2022 #Womenterprise Report: Only 400 Enterprise Software Startups Are Female Founded

Dec 6, 2022

Women in Enterprise Sales Forum: The Secret Sauce to Partnerships Sales Success with Red Hat, Cisco & BigID

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Decoding Product-Led Growth: Top Tactics To Master the User’s Product Journey from GitLab, Figma & Airtable

Oct 5, 2021

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The Sales Playbook That Turbocharged Outreach from $0 to $200M ARR

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How To Handle VC Inbound After Raising A Seed Round

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