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Vivun—Empowering Presales Teams to be the Heroes of the Enterprise

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John Vrionis
October 14, 2020
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Shujinko— Simplifying, Automating, and Modernizing Audit Preparation

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John Vrionis
October 13, 2020

State of Cloud Security— Q&A with Tim Prendergast and Noah Carr

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Noah Carr
September 23, 2020

Democratizing Data: Krishna Bhat and Sathish Raju, Co-Founders, Kloudio

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Laura Spaventa Lewis
August 26, 2020

Unusual Tech: Serverless White Paper

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Jordan Segall
August 4, 2020

Making the Pivot: The Unusual Founder Workshop Series

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John Vrionis
July 28, 2020

Traceable—Protecting Cloud-Native Applications and APIs from Modern Cybersecurity Threats

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John Vrionis
July 14, 2020

Making Micromobility Work: William Henderson, Founder and CEO, Ride Report

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Laura Spaventa Lewis
July 8, 2020

Venturing into VC

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Sarah Leary
June 2, 2020

Presales Champions: Matt Darrow, Dominique Darrow, John Bruce, and Claire Bruce, Co-Founders, Vivun

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13
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
May 19, 2020

Announcing the Unusual Guide for Raising Seed and Series A Capital

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2
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John Vrionis
May 13, 2020

Putting the Security in CyberSecurity: Prakash Linga and Ajay Arora, Co-Founders, BluBracket

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12
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
May 5, 2020

Cooking up Remote Team Camaraderie

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1
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
April 30, 2020

GitHub’s CTO Jason Warner on Managing Remote Teams

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2
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John Vrionis
April 29, 2020

GitHub’s CTO Jason Warner on Leading Remote Teams Through Times of Uncertainty

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John Vrionis
April 23, 2020

Introducing The Unusual Method

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3
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John Vrionis
April 22, 2020

Best Practices for Running Remote Teams

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4
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Rae Dinh
March 24, 2020

Ride Report — Bridging the Gap in Micromobility

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3
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Andy Johns
March 12, 2020

Sales Connector: Jason Dorfman, Co-Founder and CEO, Orum

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11
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
March 10, 2020

Unusual Ventures Welcomes Noah Carr and Bill Hodak

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4
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John Vrionis
February 26, 2020

BluBracket — Securing Code in a Software-Driven World

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2
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John Vrionis
February 19, 2020

Kloud.io — Democratizing Data Access for Financial Analysts

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2
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John Vrionis
January 30, 2020

Our First SF Product Leaders Meetup

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4
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Rae Dinh
January 9, 2020

Unusual Academy Recap: Our First Consumer Academy

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4
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Andy Johns
December 18, 2019

20 Minute VC: My ‘Unusual’ Conversation with Harry Stebbings

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1
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John Vrionis
December 9, 2019

Vivun — Unleashing the Power of Presales in the Enterprise

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3
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
November 26, 2019

Banyan — Securing the Enterprise with Zero Trust Remote Access

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2
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November 22, 2019

Raising the Bar Even Higher for Seed Stage Founders

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8
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John Vrionis
November 18, 2019

Styra — Expanding Open Source and Commercial Solutions for Kubernetes/Cloud-Native Security

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3
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November 12, 2019

Honoring Our Unusual Veterans

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2
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
November 11, 2019

Bringing Structure to the Fitness Studio: Amira Polack, Founder and CEO, Struct Club

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7
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
November 5, 2019

Recruiting to Win at the Seed Stage

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8
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Jayanth Gummaraju
October 24, 2019

The PhD of Open Source Policy: Tim Hinrichs, Co-Founder, Styra

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9
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
October 16, 2019

Why “Standups” are Useless and How to Run Great Product Team Meetings

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11
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Andy Johns
October 14, 2019

Shujinko — Simplifying Cloud Compliance

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4
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John Vrionis
October 8, 2019

When Are You Pitch-Ready?: Consumer Social

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14
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Haley Daiber
October 3, 2019

Boss Moms: Sara Mauskopf and Anne Halsall, Co-Founders of Winnie

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13
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
October 1, 2019

Five Ways Early Stage Technical Founders Can Master the Art of Sales

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11
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Matt Wells
September 24, 2019

What Makes For a Good Product Manager?

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12
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Andy Johns
September 10, 2019

Playing to Win: Aaron Hawkey and Robert Angarita, Co-Founders, BallerTV

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9
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
September 5, 2019

Splunk Acquires Omnition.io, Unusual’s First Investment

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3
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John Vrionis
September 4, 2019

Early Education Crusader: Chris Bennett, Co-Founder and CEO of Wonderschool

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7
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
August 27, 2019

What’s Unusual about Unusual Ventures?

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9
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Rae Dinh
August 22, 2019

The Man Behind the Smile: Ren Menon, Co-Founder and CEO of OrthoFX

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8
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
August 20, 2019

Three Things Seed Stage Founders Need Most from VCs

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7
 MIN READ
August 14, 2019

The Rage to Master: The One Unusual Thing All Entrepreneurs Must Have to Win

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9
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John Vrionis
July 25, 2019

Fall Unusual Academy Applications are Officially Open!

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9
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Laura Spaventa Lewis
June 18, 2019

Unusual Academy: Empowering Founders to Learn by Doing

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5
 MIN READ
June 3, 2019
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State of Cloud Security— Q&A with Tim Prendergast and Noah Carr

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Portfolio
18
 MIN READ
Noah Carr
September 23, 2020

Unusual Tech: Serverless White Paper

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Portfolio
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Jordan Segall
August 4, 2020

Making the Pivot: The Unusual Founder Workshop Series

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Portfolio
3
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
July 28, 2020

Venturing into VC

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Sarah Leary
June 2, 2020

Announcing the Unusual Guide for Raising Seed and Series A Capital

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2
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
May 13, 2020

Cooking up Remote Team Camaraderie

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Portfolio
1
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
April 30, 2020

GitHub’s CTO Jason Warner on Managing Remote Teams

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Portfolio
2
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
April 29, 2020

GitHub’s CTO Jason Warner on Leading Remote Teams Through Times of Uncertainty

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Portfolio
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John Vrionis
April 23, 2020

Introducing The Unusual Method

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3
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
April 22, 2020

Best Practices for Running Remote Teams

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4
 MIN READ
Rae Dinh
March 24, 2020

Unusual Ventures Welcomes Noah Carr and Bill Hodak

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Portfolio
4
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
February 26, 2020

Our First SF Product Leaders Meetup

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Portfolio
4
 MIN READ
Rae Dinh
January 9, 2020

Unusual Academy Recap: Our First Consumer Academy

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Portfolio
4
 MIN READ
Andy Johns
December 18, 2019

20 Minute VC: My ‘Unusual’ Conversation with Harry Stebbings

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1
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
December 9, 2019

Raising the Bar Even Higher for Seed Stage Founders

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Portfolio
8
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
November 18, 2019

Honoring Our Unusual Veterans

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Portfolio
2
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
November 11, 2019

Why “Standups” are Useless and How to Run Great Product Team Meetings

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Portfolio
11
 MIN READ
Andy Johns
October 14, 2019

When Are You Pitch-Ready?: Consumer Social

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Portfolio
14
 MIN READ
Haley Daiber
October 3, 2019

What Makes For a Good Product Manager?

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12
 MIN READ
Andy Johns
September 10, 2019

What’s Unusual about Unusual Ventures?

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9
 MIN READ
Rae Dinh
August 22, 2019

Three Things Seed Stage Founders Need Most from VCs

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7
 MIN READ
August 14, 2019

The Rage to Master: The One Unusual Thing All Entrepreneurs Must Have to Win

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9
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
July 25, 2019

Fall Unusual Academy Applications are Officially Open!

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Portfolio
9
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
June 18, 2019

Unusual Academy: Empowering Founders to Learn by Doing

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5
 MIN READ
June 3, 2019
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Vivun—Empowering Presales Teams to be the Heroes of the Enterprise

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Portfolio
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John Vrionis
October 14, 2020

Shujinko— Simplifying, Automating, and Modernizing Audit Preparation

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Portfolio
2
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
October 13, 2020

Democratizing Data: Krishna Bhat and Sathish Raju, Co-Founders, Kloudio

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Portfolio
12
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
August 26, 2020

Traceable—Protecting Cloud-Native Applications and APIs from Modern Cybersecurity Threats

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Portfolio
3
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
July 14, 2020

Making Micromobility Work: William Henderson, Founder and CEO, Ride Report

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
13
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
July 8, 2020

Presales Champions: Matt Darrow, Dominique Darrow, John Bruce, and Claire Bruce, Co-Founders, Vivun

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
13
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
May 19, 2020

Putting the Security in CyberSecurity: Prakash Linga and Ajay Arora, Co-Founders, BluBracket

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
12
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
May 5, 2020

Ride Report — Bridging the Gap in Micromobility

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Portfolio
3
 MIN READ
Andy Johns
March 12, 2020

Sales Connector: Jason Dorfman, Co-Founder and CEO, Orum

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Portfolio
11
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
March 10, 2020

BluBracket — Securing Code in a Software-Driven World

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Portfolio
2
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
February 19, 2020

Kloud.io — Democratizing Data Access for Financial Analysts

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Portfolio
2
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
January 30, 2020

Vivun — Unleashing the Power of Presales in the Enterprise

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
3
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
November 26, 2019

Banyan — Securing the Enterprise with Zero Trust Remote Access

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
2
 MIN READ
November 22, 2019

Styra — Expanding Open Source and Commercial Solutions for Kubernetes/Cloud-Native Security

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
3
 MIN READ
November 12, 2019

Bringing Structure to the Fitness Studio: Amira Polack, Founder and CEO, Struct Club

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
7
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
November 5, 2019

Recruiting to Win at the Seed Stage

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
8
 MIN READ
Jayanth Gummaraju
October 24, 2019

The PhD of Open Source Policy: Tim Hinrichs, Co-Founder, Styra

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
9
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
October 16, 2019

Shujinko — Simplifying Cloud Compliance

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
4
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
October 8, 2019

Boss Moms: Sara Mauskopf and Anne Halsall, Co-Founders of Winnie

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Portfolio
13
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
October 1, 2019

Five Ways Early Stage Technical Founders Can Master the Art of Sales

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Portfolio
11
 MIN READ
Matt Wells
September 24, 2019

Playing to Win: Aaron Hawkey and Robert Angarita, Co-Founders, BallerTV

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Portfolio
9
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
September 5, 2019

Splunk Acquires Omnition.io, Unusual’s First Investment

UNUSUAL
Portfolio
3
 MIN READ
John Vrionis
September 4, 2019

Early Education Crusader: Chris Bennett, Co-Founder and CEO of Wonderschool

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Portfolio
7
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
August 27, 2019

The Man Behind the Smile: Ren Menon, Co-Founder and CEO of OrthoFX

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Portfolio
8
 MIN READ
Laura Spaventa Lewis
August 20, 2019
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