#188 | Tech-driven buyouts, Global Fintech Report, & more
July 14th | The latest from Slow, QED, Matrix, IVP, Bessemer, and others
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Investment Themes, Theses, & Outlooks
Our Buyout Thesis (Yoni Rechtman, Principal @ Slow)
Industry Developments & Analyses
Global Fintech 2024: Prudence, profits and growth (Ashley Marshall, Director @ QED)
How to make money selling money (Matt Brown, Partner @ Matrix)
The Loneliness Landscape (Ollie Forsyth, Manager @ Antler)
How close is AI to replacing product managers? (Lenny Rachitsky)
Navigating creative destruction and potential diminishing returns in AI infrastructure (Janelle Teng, VC @ Bessemer)
Age is Just a Number: Longevity and Preventative Medicine (Jessie Harris, VP @ TXV Partners)
Keeping Up with the Gen Zs (Rex Woodbury, MP @ Daybreak)
Guides, Case Studies, and Best Practices for Operating
The Last $250K (Charles Hudson, GP @ Precursor)
What's the differentiation? (Shravan Narayen, Partner @ IVP)
Additional Reads
Current State of VC (Dez Fleming, VC @ FirstMark)
Hick’s Law – Why Fortune Favors the Focused (Rick Zullo, GP @ Equal Ventures)
Q2 Seed funding on the rise (Primary Ventures Team)
Attention Is All You Need, But Not The Tech Kind (Rob May, GP @ Half Court Ventures)
It’s Only a Point (Alfred Lin, GP @ Sequoia)
How Founder Backgrounds Correlate with vSaaS Success (Euclid VC Team)
Recruiting a CEO for a Venture Studio Startup (Ben Yoskovitz, Partner @ Highline Beta)
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