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Jeremy Burton

Jeremy Burton

Serial entrepreneur, founder coach, and investor building startups for over 30 years

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San Francisco, California, United States
Joined September 2025

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Summary

Jeremy Burton is a highly experienced serial entrepreneur, having founded and co-founded numerous companies over three decades, starting his first at age 14. He has held leadership roles including CEO, CTO, and Chief Data Scientist, notably co-founding Wonolo and leading its growth to a 9-figure valuation. His career spans various stages of company development from founding teams like Symbian and Intuwave to managing larger entities. platformstud+3
With his extensive background, Jeremy has transitioned into a significant role as a founder coach, managing partner, and investor through Platform Venture Studio. He actively guides and supports early-stage startups, sharing his learnings and occasionally making angel investments. His focus is on helping the next generation of founders succeed by providing a repeatable process and strategic insights. platformstud+3
Jeremy is a prolific writer and thought leader on startup dynamics, entrepreneurship, and emerging technologies like AI. Through his blog, Vibrating Melon, and articles on the Platform Venture Studio site, he shares insights on topics such as unit economics in two-sided marketplaces, the challenges of 0-to-1 founding, and strategies for assessing generative AI startups. He advocates for rigorous focus, data-driven decisions, and strong co-founder relationships. vibratingmelon+4

Work

Writing

LLM Context Window Size: The New Moore’s Law?

January 23, 2025

A blog post discussing the rapid increase in LLM context window sizes and its implications, drawing a parallel to Moore's Law in computing.

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Cursor and Co-Pilot UX Patterns

December 11, 2024

An article exploring emerging UX patterns related to cursor and co-pilot functionalities, likely in the context of AI-assisted interfaces.

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The Local vs Global Optimum Problem in Startups

October 15, 2024

A blog post discussing the challenge for founders and investors in identifying whether their startup has reached a local or global optimum, and strategies to continue seeking better optima through data-driven experiments.

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10 Factors for Assessing Generative AI Startups

May 18, 2023

A detailed guide outlining ten key factors to consider when evaluating and assessing generative AI startups for investment or potential collaboration.

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The Perfect Investor Pitch

March 29, 2023

Guidance on crafting an effective and compelling pitch for investors, likely drawing from his extensive experience as a founder and investor.

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Why do pivots fail?

January 23, 2023

An analysis of common reasons why startup pivots might not succeed and what factors contribute to their failure.

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Being a 0-to-1 Founder - Why It's Hard

January 6, 2023

Exploration of the unique difficulties and challenges faced by founders who are building something entirely new from scratch (0-to-1).

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How Platform Venture Studio can help you Start the Lawnmower

September 9, 2021

An article using the analogy of starting an old lawnmower to describe the initial struggles of launching a startup and how a venture studio like Platform can provide support and expertise to founders.

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Unit Economics but were Afraid to Ask – Part 2 (Two-sided Marketplaces)

August 3, 2020

The second part of a series on unit economics, specifically focusing on the complexities of unit economics in two-sided marketplaces like Wonolo, Uber, eBay, and Airbnb, and different modeling approaches.

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Notes

KOKris Oeisaid
JBJeremy Burton
is one of the most respected venture capitalists they've worked with.

Feb 24, 2026

HDHannah Dopicosaid
JBJeremy Burton
is one of their favorite early-stage investors for AI startups.

Aug 11, 2025