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title: Startups
description: Interviews, articles, podcasts, and talks where Jesse Robbins discusses Startups.
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# Startups

Interviews, articles, podcasts, and talks where Jesse Robbins discusses Startups.

## [Cloud Native StartupFest 2023](https://jesserobbins.com/mentions/cloud-native-startupfest-2023-kubecon-jesse-robbins.md)

*2023-11-06*

I co-hosted Cloud Native StartupFest at KubeCon NA 2023 with Erica Brescia and Dave Zilberman: fundraising in the post-2022 capital environment, open source business models, and what investors actually look for.

## [Q&A: Ex-Amazon 'Master of Disaster' Jesse Robbins on the Power of 'Relentless Optimism' in Startups](https://jesserobbins.com/mentions/master-of-disaster-relentless-optimism-geekwire.md)

*2012-10-27*

GeekWire ran a long Q&A while I was running Opscode and pulled out the operating principle I kept using inside Amazon: when people say no, find a way to make them say yes.

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