How to Create Disruptive Products by Top VC Mike Maples with Dan Olsen at Lean Product Meetup

Top investor Mike Maples Jr. has a fireside chat with Dan Olsen to share his advice on How to Create Disruptive Products from his new book Pattern Breakers. Mike shares his thoughts on inflection theory and how to come up with insights that lead to breakthrough products. This Lean Product Meetup was on January 16, 2025.

Mike co-founded Floodgate, a leading seed stage fund in Silicon Valley that invested in companies like Twitch, Twitter, and Okta at the very beginning of their startup journeys. Mike was one of the pioneers of the seed investing movement, which started in the mid-2000s and is now a mainstream part of startup funding.

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