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
Optimizing number of at bats, avoiding competition and doubling down in overlooked founders, and the secondary effects of entrepreneurship becoming a more popular choice of work
Moonlighting to find your next role, VCs competing as service providers, hiring in-house talent to support portfolio companies, and opportunity areas within climate tech and the future of work
Synthesizing thoughts through writing, the platform-ification of Zoom, the emergence of vertical social networks, and retail investing 3.0
A better way for startups to reach investors at scale
Translating marketing experiences into investment skills, competing on platform functions, being a resource for the founders you back, and incentivizing community engagement
