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
The ultimate breaking into VC resource guide, pivoting investment focus areas, and the thought process behind taking a more hands-on approach with portfolio companies
Democratizing access into startups, balancing projects outside of work, and investing in underrepresented founders
