Mapbox completely bootstrapped and self-funded the team up to 35 people, profitably; before taking any outside finding. Just 4 years later the company closed $164M Series C Funding led by the Softbank Vision Fund. Making payroll teaches grit, and timing a raise is everything.

Vice Chairman of JP Morgan, Noah Wintroub will sit down with CEO Eric Gundersen to discuss the invaluable life lessons from this experience and the strategic benefits and the limitations of when and how much to raise. The two will also reflect on their experience collaborating together this fall planning the company’s expansion into longer-term plays like Automotive and AR/VR and aligning these roadmaps to investment amounts like partnering with Softbank.