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Security For Enterprise Startups To Scale & Sell

Security For Enterprise Startups To Scale & Sell

In this post, I set up useful guardrails that early stage (Series A or earlier) startups should consider when building their security programs that I’ve gathered from experts in the security community and elsewhere.

May 5, 2022
3 Proven Community Strategies to Grow Open Source Businesses

3 Proven Community Strategies to Grow Open Source Businesses

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!

Apr 19, 2022
Enterprise Tech Operator Masterclass: How to Launch a Demand Gen Campaign on a Seed Dime

Enterprise Tech Operator Masterclass: How to Launch a Demand Gen Campaign on a Seed Dime

We’re excited to introduce our new event series brought to you by our NY Enterprise Tech Meetup — the Enterprise Operator Masterclass!

Apr 12, 2022
Announcing Our Investment In SeeMetrics

Announcing Our Investment In SeeMetrics

Security metrics for everyone else

Apr 6, 2022
How To Handle VC Inbound After Raising A Seed Round

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.

Mar 16, 2022
Work-Bench 2022 Community & Events Roadmap

Work-Bench 2022 Community & Events Roadmap

Community has been rooted in the Work-Bench DNA from day 1 and for years that meant in-person events in NYC.

Mar 9, 2022
10th Anniversary NY Enterprise Tech Meetup: How the CEO of Attentive Navigated a Massive Pivot to Find Product Market Fit

10th Anniversary NY Enterprise Tech Meetup: How the CEO of Attentive Navigated a Massive Pivot to Find Product Market Fit

This month, we celebrated the 10th Anniversary of our NY Enterprise Tech Meetup! To honor our New York roots, we welcomed Brian Long, CEO and Co-Founder of one of NYC’s most exciting giants, Attentive, to our Zoom stage.

Mar 1, 2022
How Should Enterprise Startups Navigate Today’s Changing Seed World?

How Should Enterprise Startups Navigate Today’s Changing Seed World?

As the late stage investing landscape becomes more and more chaotic, the battleground for VCs has largely shifted to early stage. Today, there’s more institutional capital than ever chasing Series A’s from firms like Tiger Global and Insight Partners in addition to traditional Silicon Valley VCs.

Feb 25, 2022
Re-Imagining the Next Generation of Workplace Collaboration Tools

Re-Imagining the Next Generation of Workplace Collaboration Tools

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

Feb 24, 2022
The State of Enterprise Tech in NYC: 2H 2021 Funding Report

The State of Enterprise Tech in NYC: 2H 2021 Funding Report

At Work-Bench, we’ve been investing in enterprise tech startups for nearly a decade now and for the past several years, we’ve been tracking the local NYC enterprise ecosystem’s growth through a series of Enterprise Tech in NYC Funding Reports.

Feb 8, 2022
The NY Enterprise Tech Meetup Turns 10!

The NY Enterprise Tech Meetup Turns 10!

It happened in the blink of an eye — the NY Enterprise Tech Meetup (NYETM) has turned 10 years old.

Feb 2, 2022
22 NYC Enterprise Seed Startups to Watch in 2022

22 NYC Enterprise Seed Startups to Watch in 2022

As enterprise Seed investors here in NYC, we keep a pulse on all of the new founders and startups entering the ecosystem.

Jan 13, 2022
#Womenterprise Report: The State of The Enterprise Software Founder Gender Gap

#Womenterprise Report: The State of The Enterprise Software Founder Gender Gap

Statistics have long shown that female-led companies perform better with female-led teams generating 35% higher return on investment than all-male teams.

Dec 7, 2021
Announcing Our Investment In CloudQuery

Announcing Our Investment In CloudQuery

We’re excited to announce our investment in CloudQuery’s $3.5M Seed round, alongside boldstart, Mango Capital, and Haystack!

Nov 11, 2021
Announcing our Investment in Pronto

Announcing our Investment in Pronto

The Future of Ecosystem Management

Oct 23, 2021