A better way for you and your portfolio companies to attract top talent
The next opportunity zone for innovation, and the reversal of startup idea generation between established and emerging markets, and the logic behind super app wars and bundling services
The rise of operator-led rounds, getting into seed rounds as institutional money flows upstream, portfolio theory and maximizing shots on goal, simplifying the job of a VC into three core functions
Leveraging software and building scalable systems, why funds cannot afford to overlook internal operations, creating an authentic brand
Emerging managers establishing track record to pitch LPs, building scalable systems of support for your portfolio, and underwriting technical and and business model risks at the pre-seed
Challenges for junior VCs and emerging fund managers, investing in products that provide an emotion, nuances of investing in China, thoughts around hype-building strategies
Parallels between athletics and venture investing, sustainability of Florida as a tech hub, and differences in dynamics between family offices and traditional venture funds
Challenges within modern benefits, the complex future of remote education, reasons to bet on the Latin America startup scene, and investing with a mission-driven thesis
Missed opportunity areas within consumer fintech, the future of retail, and the legitimacy of NFTs
The process of learning as a VC, the rise of data-driven companies, themes worth monitoring within data infrastructure, preempting rounds and escaping the competitive fundraising process
Growing slow and scaling culture as you expand your team, venture funds attempting to de-commoditize themselves, and thoughts on the current state of valuations
The shifting balance of power away from platforms, the lack of capital powering the creator economy, running side experiments to build empathy and optionality