Unlocking economic value through mobilizing emerging markets, the role of being contrarian in venture, how VCs can best participate in the creative process, and prioritizing execution over ideas
Building a moat as an accelerator, the forces leading to more opportunities within space and defense, focusing on the right problems, and flaws within startup land
Secondary effects of the creator economy, the art of curation and audience building, inflection points for VR/AR, and evaluating timing risk as an investor
Fintech 2.0 and the shift towards embedded finance, evaluating proximity to buyers, navigating around long sales cycles
Investing outside of the traditional innovation hubs, full-stack investment strategies, growth stage enterprise themes, and the outlook on SPACs
Consumer trends, external collaboration projects, Social Media 3.0, and trying to assign value to brand-led communities
Engineering attention as a startup, the playbook for building in public, the need for curators, and thoughts on the current state of audio
Overlooked sectors and opportunities, deciphering noise vs. signal, and assessing founder-market fit at the seed
Adopting a product-first mindset as an investor, how business moats evolve with markets, and what Greylock locks for in a pitch
What makes Southern California unique as a startup ecosystem, changing dynamics of evaluating teams virtually, and some red flags that scare investors away
Emerging ecosystems, the Mountain West startup scene, and investment trends worth monitoring
Scaling communities from niche to global, insights from the Women in VC emerging manager report, and advice on how to best support continued investment into women-led businesses
