If ever there was a time to unlearn all that we "know for sure," it feels like 2020 is that time for obvious reasons. This year has upended our expectations and plans – but it's also opened the door for leaders to be more human as they help their teams through a crisis that's testing us all personally and professionally.

Earlier this month, we held our annual Costanoa Ventures CEO Summit, which we rechristened the "Unsummit" in service to the important goal of unlearning to become better leaders. As Bob Tinker, Former CEO of MobileIron, taught us last year, what gets you from A to B, won't get you from B to C. We must all continue to unlearn and relearn.

And even though circumstances dictated a virtual gathering, we still felt there was great value in bringing our portfolio CEOs together to learn from each other and other CEO and industry experts. We were honored to host speakers Kierna Mayo, Nick Mehta, Yvonne Wassenaar, and Dave Kellogg and were thrilled to bring in portfolio company alumni Rob Reid, Steve Carpenter, and Todd Vernon to lead breakout discussions.