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π§π Inside NYC's Scrappiest Accelerator, Elbow Grease | Dan Teran, Gutter Capital
The best founders want help, the most helpful investors have concentrated portfolios, creating a board and using OKR's in the early days of a companyβ¦
Jun 18
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π§π The AI-Native GTM Playbook | Sam Blond, Monaco
Why you shouldn't measure brand marketing, Monaco's launch playbook, how gifting and timing increase conversion rates, and how to improve your AIβ¦
Jun 11
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π§π 15 Hot Takes on VC from the 2026 Allocate Beyond Summit
Why traditional Seed is dead vs why itβs not, swallowing an entire bottle of the power law pill, robotics hype, why AI is the most powerful technologyβ¦
Jun 1
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π§π Building Got Easy. This Startup Solves What to Build | Alfred Wahlforss, Listen Labs
How to talk to your customers with AI, advice for pursuing enterprise customers early, how to leverage investors for customer intros, and hiring forβ¦
May 22
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π§π Inside the AI Sprint, Understanding Anthropic's Strategy | Tomasz Tunguz, Theory Ventures
How Anthropic is commoditizing its compliments, why AI models will resemble pharma more than software, the three layers of AI business models, and whereβ¦
May 15
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π§π Cursor + Kalshi Seed Investor on Spotting Outlier Talent | Ali Partovi, Neo
Inside Neo's two 10x funds, how to hire top talent, why computer science is more important with AI, and why the greatest entrepreneurs start young
May 7
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π§π How a Hillbilly in Nevada Bootstrapped a $140M ARR Manufacturing Company | Jim Belosic, SendCutSend
Using software to automate factories, creative ways to bootstrap a sheet metal business, using speed to compete with overseas competitors, and how toβ¦
May 4
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π§π The $5B Venture Growth Buyout Playbook | Alex Israel, CEO of Metropolis
Inside Metropolis AI rollup strategy of parking lot operators, why parking never institutionalized as an asset class, and building "Buy Now" for theβ¦
Apr 24
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π§π The Future of AI, Science, and Learning | Karthik Duraisamy, University of Michigan
Inside Michigan's new partnership with the OpenClaw Foundation, how AI has transformed scientific research, why some academics think AI is a fad, andβ¦
Apr 20
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π§π How US Healthcare Actually Works | Nikhil Krishnan, Out of Pocket
The WWII tax loophole that broke it forever, where AI is seeing real adoption in healthcare today, why most medical software sucks, and the most commonβ¦
Apr 9
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π§π Sophia Amoruso | Building Nasty Gal, Turning Down $400M, and Losing it All
Lessons bootstrapping to $28M revenue, downsides to raising at stretched valuations, reflecting on failing publicly, how to build a brand in 2026, andβ¦
Apr 2
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π§π Footworkβs Secret Sauce | Mike Smith, Nikhil Basu Trivedi
37 questions to ask when starting a VC firm, inside Canva's seed pitch in 2014, lessons scaling Stitch Fix from $0 to $1B revenue in five years, howβ¦
Mar 26
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