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π§π How Databricks Went $1M to $7B+ ARR in 10 Years | Ron Gabrisko, CRO
Leveraging investors for customer intros, how to crack usage-based pricing, running a sales org with AI, how messy data blocks AI adoption, and whyβ¦
Sep 10
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π§π How Athletes Broke Into Silicon Valley | Ryan Nece, Next Legacy
Growing Next Play to $4B AUM, the biggest mistakes athletes make investing, winning the Super Bowl and going 0-16 in the same career, and the Next Playβ¦
Sep 4
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π§π Why America is the Best Emerging Market | Chris Olsen, Drive Capital
Leaving Sequoia to bet on Ohio, why the best companies are getting built outside Silicon Valley, and the reason only 3% of VC firms can raise capitalβ¦
Aug 27
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π§π Brexβs 1st Employee On Thinking Like a Founder | Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure
How to pick a startup to join, thinking like a CEO, how a lending business works, and the gas station test for operating a company
Aug 24
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π§π Rebuilding for the AI Era | Shensi Ding, Merge
The playbook behind Merge's night shift transformation, why integrations are so important in AI, and maximizing success with the Embarrassment Framework
Aug 17
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π§π 18x Midas Lister Bets $3B on AI | Navin Chaddha, Mayfield
Navigating real vs vibe revenue, why AI software is a $6T market that's overcapitalized by 10x, how AI startups are beating incumbents and lessonsβ¦
Aug 7
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π§π Healthcare Skipped Three Platform Shifts and Went Straight to AI | Alamin Uddin, NexHealth
Why 75% of dentists still have a server in the closet, and how NexHealth went from $4k in the bank and a maxed-out Amex to powering 81% of newβ¦
Jul 30
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π§π Inside Solana's Plan to Replace Wall Street
130 years of financial markets history, removing 8-layers of middlemen, launching Solana in the depths of COVID, getting early PMF, and 2026 cryptoβ¦
Jul 23
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π§π The Hidden Layer of Every AI Agent | Tony Holdstock-Brown, Inngest
Using product tracing to build a low cost software factory, why you can't vibe code infrastructure, and building a dev tools company without a personalβ¦
Jul 18
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π§π He Sold for $600M, Then Built the Same Company Again | Peter Rahal, David
Making food VC-backable, why Big Food can't innovate, building a multi-brand company that lasts, and why marketing is about finding mispriced attention
Jul 11
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π§π Inside Goldmanβs $22B Bet on Venture Capital | Hans Swildens, Industry Ventures
How VC secondaries grew from a $250M to $150B market in 25 years, why asset managers are acquiring venture firms, how Seed survives the platform eraβ¦
Jul 3
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π§π Why Pre-Seed Investing Has Never Been Harder | Charles Hudson, Precursor Ventures
How sitting out of bubbles can be more dangerous than joining, why the system rewards an addiction to consensus, how to fundraise as a non-consensusβ¦
Jun 25
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