Mary Grove is Managing Partner of Bread and Butter Ventures. She brings nearly two decades of leadership experience in technology, early-stage investing, and startup ecosystem growth.&nbsp; She began her career working on the Google IPO, and went on to lead new business development partnerships, negotiating early-stage product and technology deals worldwide.&nbsp; She was the founding director of Google for Startups, leading the company’s global efforts to support entrepreneurs in over 100 countries. Let us know what you think on Twitter:   Watch on YouTube: Timestamps:&nbsp;  0:00:00 - Preview 0:01:52 - Google IPO Team, Google For Startups + VC 0:09:05 - What Changed After Google IPO? 0:12:36 - Figuring Out Your Next Career Step 0:15:03 - Career Mistakes 0:17:19 - Knowing When To Move On 0:20:27 - Google For Startups 0:24:04 - International Startup Hubs 0:29:13 - Only 65% Of The World Has Internet Access 0:31:22 - Thesis To Invest Outside Of The Coasts 0:36:10 - Investing In A Distributed + Remote Work World 0:39:58 - Health Tech, Food Tech + SaaS 0:44:33 - Investing In Clipboards + Fax Machines 0:45:14 - Solo Capitalists + Creators Becoming Investors 0:49:22 - Learning How To Be A Good Startup Investor 0:53:36 - What Their Team Looks Like 0:54:38 - The Funnel of Dealflow To Get To 15 Startup Investments 0:56:38 - Being Proactive About Diversity In LPs, Founders + Hiring 1:01:26 - Close  Learn more about Bread & Butter Ventures:     Thank you to our sponsors: AppSumo - the marketplace entrepreneurs trust to buy and sell the products that grow small businesses into name brands:  Space - the easiest way to engage your team over audio:

Mary Grove // Google For Startups + Bread and Butter Ventures

Bilal breaks down the secret sauce that makes Google + YouTube two of the greatest businesses of all time.&nbsp; We discuss the ad auction, how Google understands intent better than anyone, the future of advertising + compare YouTube, Netflix + live TV. Subscribe + listen to the full episode on "Not Investment Advice":  Apple Podcasts:  Spotify:  YouTube:  Join our groupchat on Telegram:  Let me know what you think on Twitter:  Thank you to my sponsors: AppSumo - the marketplace entrepreneurs trust to buy and sell the products that grow small businesses into name brands:  Space - the easiest way to engage your team over audio:

Future Of Advertising: Google + YouTube Breakdown

This is a new format where I&nbsp;bring experts from different fields to have a roundtable discussion on a particular topic. Today we speak about the state of transatlantic tech and what you should be thinking about if you’re looking to expand internationally. Note that this&nbsp;was recorded late Dec 2016 just&nbsp;before President Trump came into office. MY 3 GUESTS: (1) Daniel Glazer –&nbsp;partner at Silicon Valley-headquartered law firm, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, where he leads the New York office’s Technology Transactions practice. He also helps lead WSGR’s US Expansion practice, advising UK and other non-US technology companies on US expansion (2) Pru Ashby – head of North America at London &amp; Partners who are the official promotional company for London. She works on attracting and advising US companies to set up and grow in London (3) Alliott Cole – director at Octopus Ventures, one of Europe’s largest venture capital teams. Some of their investments include: Secret Escapes, yPlan, Zoopla, Swiftkey (sold for $250M to Microsoft) &amp; Lovefilm (sold to Amazon for $200M)  &nbsp; FIVE THINGS TO LISTEN OUT FOR:&nbsp;  (1) Similarities and differences between US and UK/European markets (2) Startup ecosystem post-brexit (3) Future outlook&nbsp;under a Trump presidency (4)&nbsp;How do you structure an expansion into US or Europe (5)&nbsp;What companies have done this well? TIME STAMPS    [3m21s]&nbsp;Intros [6m16s] State of UK post brexit [18m49s] Investment growth in London since 2010 [19m28s] It takes 10.2yrs for companies to IPO on average [20m23s] Has the market overreacted to Brexit? [23m9s]&nbsp;Mood post US election [24m16s]&nbsp;How will entrepreneurs think about globalisation [30m9s] Similarities and differences in business culture in US vs UK [42m11s]&nbsp;Recommendations on hiring people in US when you’re a startup [43m35s]&nbsp;How do you structure an expansion [48m27s]&nbsp;Where do you start your first US office [51m41s] When do you know it’s the&nbsp;right time to move [58m36] Examples of companies that have done a good job of expanding [1hr6m]&nbsp;What do companies struggle with when they move [1hr14m]&nbsp;What should US companies think about when expanding to UK [1hr18m]&nbsp;Looking forward&nbsp;  Sign up for exclusive content, giveaways and my email updates: https://www.creatorlab.fm/subscribe Connect on social: &nbsp; https://www.instagram.com/creatorlabfm https://www.facebook.com/creatorlabfm https://www.twitter.com/creatorlabfm https://www.snapchat.com/add/creatorlabfm &nbsp; Connect with Bilal: https://www.twitter.com/bzaidi https://www.instagram.com/bzaidi212