How to Monetize an API’s Users — Today, I’m excited to announce the API-First Directory, a growing record of API-first companies across enterprise and consumer industries. You can find the API-First Directory here and fill out this form to add your API-first company. Any VC-backed, acquired or public company qualifies as long as it has a valid…

How to Sell a Data Product — By Paul Hsiao, Grace Isford & Tobias Macey Data is exploding, but the current data management workflow is broken across organizations large and small. Data continues to grow at 10x every 5 years and the collection of data tools continues to proliferate. For organizations evaluating data tools, the sophisticated ones…

By Grace Isford & Gary Little 90% of modern software is open source, and 77% of companies use open source software in commercial products. Open source software (OSS) adoption continues to grow, expanding across every industry. With that increase, how enterprises manage and control their OSS use within their codebases…

How to Give Your Users Superpowers — Starting an API-first company bringing your users superpowers? I’d love to hear from you. APIs are nothing new. In 2006, my colleague Gary Little wrote the first check into MuleSoft, the software integration platform to connect any app or data source using APIs. An overwhelming majority of software today is…

Here’s where VCs can invest to make a difference in the wake of the pandemic — Despite the economic impact of this crisis, there are many venture capitalists proclaiming they are “open for business,” eager to hunt down the next Uber, Slack, or Airbnb founded in the formative times of the last recession. The worst pandemic of the century appears to have occurred at the same…

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