This was the shitty and extremely tiny studio I lived in Boulder, Colorado from 2010-2011.
It was a tiny place where I started to execute my dreams. A period when I decided to change my life completely, sell everything I had, and apply for Boulder Digital Works.
I took a big risk and it was probably one of the best decisions I've ever made.
As we roll into 2014, stumbling upon this picture has a special feeling of accomplishment combined with the perception I had to fail so many times before things started to work out (and certainly will in the future).
It's time to hustle.
For a while, I was the only person at SendGrid responsible for growing the company internationally, especially in Latin America.
Transparent VC is purely tactical advice on how to raise money in a clean, efficient way while giving you the heads up to avoid all the common pitfalls.
Every human is capable of killing, causing violence and gore. One should live in a controlled pendulum swing between an empathetic person and a dark beast.