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Sid Mookerji
Jul 16, 20242 min read
Why Personalization Is Paramount In Retail
What is personalization and why does it matter? It’s much more than your name at the start of a marketing email or text message. It’s...
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Sid Mookerji
Jul 15, 20242 min read
The Five Pillars of Retail
Retail’s evolution was well underway prior to 2020, but post-pandemic, the revolution arrived with a sudden shift in consumer behavior....
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Shaunish Mookerji
Oct 4, 20233 min read
Why Last Mile Delivery Is Going To Be Affordable By 2030
Last-mile delivery is a notoriously tricky business. There are several huge VC-backed companies in the space focusing on on-demand...
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Shriya Syamala
Aug 8, 20233 min read
Fashion Tech’s Funding Boom
Over the past couple of years, especially post-Covid, fashion technology has received abundant attention from investors in the industry...
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Nishka Bahl
Jul 20, 20232 min read
College Athletes for Sale: Commerce Tech and the Future of Sports
What do the sports and commerce tech industries have in common? Ten years ago, that question would have sounded like the start of a bad...
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Frank Tighe
Jun 8, 20233 min read
What An Early Stage Tech Founder Should Look For In A VC
For early stage tech founders, securing the right venture capital (VC) funding can make all the difference in turning their startup...
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Clint Richardson
May 23, 20232 min read
Springtime For Hitler, Or, The Worst Way To Sell Stock In Your Company
In 1969, Mel Brooks won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his irreverent and outrageously funny movie The Producers. An...
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Carson Cromartie
May 15, 20236 min read
The Problem With PLG
With the recent buzz around the Figma acquisition, product led growth (“PLG”) has once again been thrust into the spotlight. While...
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Ross Kimbel
Apr 13, 20234 min read
Two Areas of Commerce Where AI is Primed to Help
The impact of AI across commerce promises to be far-reaching. We are already seeing startups building AI-powered solutions across...
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Shaunish Mookerji
Feb 4, 20239 min read
2023 Retail Predictions
Venture capitalists are, in some sense, professional predictors. We meet startups, and we predict that some will do well and some won’t....
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Ross Kimbel
Jan 10, 20233 min read
13 Predictions in Technology and Early Stage Investing in 2023
One year ago, at the start of 2022, public markets were at an all time high, valuations for technology startups had never been more...
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Frank Tighe
Nov 30, 20223 min read
Six Essential Elements In Building A Venture Backable Technology Company
Every entrepreneur begins with the excitement of their idea and how it will transform the world. However, just as important is paying...
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Clint Richardson
Nov 7, 20222 min read
19th Century Whaling - A Wet Start For Venture Capital
IN YOUR FREE TIME (yeah, right) check out Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea (Harper Collins) to read the whaling story that...
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Carson Cromartie
Nov 2, 20224 min read
Just Desserts: The End of Third-Party Cookies
In January 2020, Google announced its plan to phase out support for third-party cookies. Though ample time was afforded to prepare for...
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Shaunish Mookerji
Oct 10, 20223 min read
Computers Can Be Creative, Too
The pace of advancement in AI capability in the last twenty years has been astonishing. Around the turn of the century, a paradigm shift...
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Ross Kimbel
Sep 8, 20223 min read
Seven Reasons the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem Wins in the Next Decade
Over the last decade, several cities over the world have established themselves as fertile startup greenhouses with thriving ecosystems...
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Frank Tighe
Aug 18, 20223 min read
Six Steps to B2B Sales Success for Tech Startups
Many early-stage B2B startups start by acquiring customers from the relationships and network of the founder. To grow beyond these...
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Carson Cromartie
Jul 25, 20224 min read
Why Most Startups Fail and How to Improve Your Odds
In the last two months, there has been a lot of talk about the declining economy and its impact on startup funding. While some experts...
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Shaunish Mookerji
Jul 15, 20223 min read
Asymmetric Risks
Before I was an investor, I didn’t understand the concept of risk. I thought that risk was bad and that smart investors got good returns...
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Silicon Road
Jun 27, 20228 min read
Drone Delivery: The Future of Last Mile Logistics
This research was conducted in the summer of 2022. Today, current market headwinds suggest a decrease in overall consumer spending for...
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