SaaStock speaker
Marcus Ryu
InvestorPartner (Battery Ventures); Co-founder & former CEO, Battery Ventures / Guidewire
- Appearances
- 2
- Years
- 2025
- Main stage
- 2
- YouTube views
- 373
Marcus Ryu, Partner (Battery Ventures); Co-founder & former CEO at Battery Ventures / Guidewire has made 2 SaaStock appearances between 2025, speaking at SaaStock USA 2025. Talks include "More mountain: Marcus Ryu on finding the joy in hard work", "The startup as insurgent: Reflections of a unicorn founder turned VC". This page collects every recorded SaaStock keynote, fireside chat, panel, and podcast appearance by Marcus Ryu.
Most-watched talk
More mountain: Marcus Ryu on finding the joy in hard work
Fireside Chat · SaaStock USA 2025 · Austin · 291 YouTube views
Pleased to be here. I'm a husband and father, of course. Before joining the entrepreneurial ranks, I thought I was going to be a professional philosopher. I had a very academic background. I was a good student. I never gave a thought to the business world until it came abruptly at the end of graduate school. To this day, I'm probably over-intellectual for someone trying to make his way in the business world. At times it felt like a liability, but in some ways it had some advantages. When I say i…
Keynotes
Marcus Ryu keynotes at SaaStock
The startup as insurgent: Reflections of a unicorn founder turned VC
SaaStock USA 2025 · Austin · Keynote · 82 YouTube views
Co-founder, Guidewire Software; Partner, Battery Ventures, Battery Ventures / Guidewire Software (at the time of the talk)
From the transcript
Starting a company, every founder is actually saying three things. It doesn't matter what the business is or what the market is, it's always three things. The first is that there is a serious problem with the status quo. Something is broken. Something is missing. The world could be so much better. Second, the founder is saying that this problem cannot be solved by current providers nor by current approaches. The incumbents just don't get it and you need an entirely new company. And then third, t…
Fireside chats & panels
Marcus Ryu fireside chats and panels
More mountain: Marcus Ryu on finding the joy in hard work
SaaStock USA 2025 · Austin · Fireside Chat · 291 YouTube views
Partner (Battery Ventures); Co-founder & former CEO, Battery Ventures / Guidewire (at the time of the talk)
From the transcript
Pleased to be here. I'm a husband and father, of course. Before joining the entrepreneurial ranks, I thought I was going to be a professional philosopher. I had a very academic background. I was a good student. I never gave a thought to the business world until it came abruptly at the end of graduate school. To this day, I'm probably over-intellectual for someone trying to make his way in the business world. At times it felt like a liability, but in some ways it had some advantages. When I say i…
All appearances
Every SaaStock appearance by Marcus Ryu
| Year | Conference | Talk | Format |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | SaaStock USA 2025 · Austin | More mountain: Marcus Ryu on finding the joy in hard work | Fireside Chat |
| 2025 | SaaStock USA 2025 · Austin | The startup as insurgent: Reflections of a unicorn founder turned VC | Keynote |
FAQ
Frequently asked about Marcus Ryu
Who is Marcus Ryu?
Marcus Ryu, Partner (Battery Ventures); Co-founder & former CEO at Battery Ventures / Guidewire has made 2 SaaStock appearances between 2025, speaking at SaaStock USA 2025. Talks include "More mountain: Marcus Ryu on finding the joy in hard work", "The startup as insurgent: Reflections of a unicorn founder turned VC". This page collects every recorded SaaStock keynote, fireside chat, panel, and podcast appearance by Marcus Ryu.
How many times has Marcus Ryu spoken at SaaStock?
Marcus Ryu has spoken at SaaStock 2 times between 2025 — including 1 keynote, 1 fireside chat or panel, and 0 podcast interviews.
What did Marcus Ryu speak about at SaaStock?
"More mountain: Marcus Ryu on finding the joy in hard work" at SaaStock USA 2025; "The startup as insurgent: Reflections of a unicorn founder turned VC" at SaaStock USA 2025
What is Marcus Ryu's most-watched SaaStock talk?
"More mountain: Marcus Ryu on finding the joy in hard work" delivered at SaaStock USA 2025 has 291 YouTube views.