{"id":9896,"date":"2020-09-25T02:00:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/?p=9896"},"modified":"2020-12-01T10:09:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T18:09:21","slug":"developer-investing-with-lee-edwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2020\/09\/25\/developer-investing-with-lee-edwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer Investing with Lee Edwards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"2475\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/2016\/04\/19\/googles-container-management-brendan-burns\/brendan-burns\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/brendan-burns.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"175,175\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"brendan-burns\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/brendan-burns.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/brendan-burns.jpg?fit=175%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2475\" style=\"border-radius: 50%; border: 1px solid #000000; max-width: 175px; max-height: 175px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/softwareengineeringdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/LeeEdwards.jpeg?resize=175%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"175\" height=\"175\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Developer tooling and infrastructure is a fruitful area for investing. A wide variety of technologies can have large investment outcomes based on the fact that there are lots of engineers and businesses are willing to pay for products that give those engineers a higher degree of leverage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lee Edwards is a partner with Root Ventures. His focus is on hard problems within software, and he joins the show to talk about the thesis of his firm, as well as his personal beliefs on what makes a good investment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sponsorship inquiries:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com\">sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developer tooling and infrastructure is a fruitful area for investing. A wide variety of technologies can have large investment outcomes based on the fact that there are lots of engineers and businesses are willing to pay for products that give those engineers a higher degree of leverage. 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