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Reflections & Lessons Learned from Roblox, After More Than a Decade of Partnership

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With their direct listing on the NYSE, today Roblox becomes $RBLX. It’s a day that’s both well-earned and a long-time coming. After more than 13 years of knowing and partnering with David Baszucki and the entire Roblox team, I’ve seen the incredible amount of work they’ve put into building this company firsthand. A photo I snapped of Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki this morning To mark the occasion, I thought I’d expand on the handful of memories and reflections I shared about Roblox’s journey (and First Round’s front-row seats) over on Twitter this morning. This has become one of my favorite stories to tell. Many investors will tell you about when they “just knew” a startup was going to make it big, the moment that solidified their conviction to cut the check. In the case of First Round and Roblox, that wasn’t how things played out. We were originally introduced to Dave in late 2007 by Rick Lewis, a friend of ours who we knew from the myYearbook board and later worked with on Ho

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