Digest #48 | Shifts in women's health, 100x ARR multiples, State of Web3, and more
Insights from Maveron, FirstMark, Greylock, Redpoint and others
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Investment Themes, Theses & Outlooks
Generational shifts in women’s health: what to know about Gen Z (Anarghya Vardhana, Partner @ Maveron)
How Femtech Innovations Can Help Break Taboos Around Women’s Health (Winnie Lau, Associate @ M13)
2021 MAD Landscape: The Top 10 Trends (Matt Turck, Partner @ FirstMark)
What’s happening in the modern data stack: Drivers, trends, and opportunities (Alex Salton, Summer Associate @ Lerer Hippeau)
Industry Developments & Analyses
The current state of web3 (Tanay Jaipuria, PM @ Instagram)
7 Top Takeaways from HLTH 2021 (7wire Ventures)
Sustainable Transition: $34 billion+ in software spend (John Tough, MP @ Energize)
Operator Interviews, Case Studies & Best Practices
How to Win the Startup War for Talent (Asheem Chandna, Partner @ Greylock)
Six product strategies to catalyze your Second Act (Janelle Teng & Elliott Robinson, Bessemer)
SaaS Foundations: Hiring to succeed in B2B. A tool to help you know when to hire AEs (Daniela Raffel, Associate @ Dawn Capital)
A guide to understanding founder/VC fundraising conversations (Matt Turck, Partner @ FirstMark)
The Feedback Founders Need to Hear — How to Grow Yourself To Grow The Company (First Round Review)
Additional Reads
The 100x ARR Multiple (Tomasz Tunguz, MD @ Redpoint)
Down the ‘product-market fit’ rabbit hole! (Sajith Pai, Director @ Blume)
The Shitposting Gods of Silicon Valley (Mike Solana, VP @ Founders Fund)
A Getting Started Guide for Female Angel Investors (Nadia Boujarwah, Amanda Herson, & Hillary Bush, Founder Collective)
Next Steps to Win the Future: New ideas for our web3 policy platform (Tomicah Tillemann, Jai Ramaswamy, Miles Jennings, & James Rathmell, A16Z)
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