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Investment Themes, Theses, & Outlooks

• Payvidors, Unbundled: Opportunities in Healthcare Fintech (A16Z Team)

• 3 Things: Cards Against Crypto, Baby Rental Boxes, Cut the Fat SaaS (Elaine Zelby, Partner @ SignalFire)

Industry Developments & Analyses

• What can other industries learn from the automotive sector’s circular economy innovations? (Manuel Martinez, GP @ Mouro Capital)

• Reflections on the Consumer Correction: A Gray May (Meera Clark, Principal @ Redpoint)

• The Cloud Quarterly: A Founder’s Almanac (Battery Ventures Team)

• Decentralized Economy: The Building Block of Increased Engagement & Connectivity Between the Masses (Arhat Bhagwatkar, MentorFund)

• Food Delivery Costs High and Going Higher (Gene Munster & Mark Golbranson, Loup Ventures)

• The Iron Man Model: How Startups and the Military Can Work Together (Jeff Decker for A16Z Future)

Operational Guides & Case Studies

• Applying the Burn Multiple to Marketplace Business Models (Jeff Fluhr, GP @ Craft Ventures)

• Your guide to growth amid uncertainty (Kyle Poyar, Partner @ OpenView)

• 6 Rules to Demystify your Sales Stages (Seth DeHart, Venture Partner @ Point Nine)

• 3 Security Considerations for the Age of Connected Work (Kaitlyn Henry, VP @ OpenView)

Additional Reads

• Is Now a Bad Time To Be a VC? (Kyle Harrison, GP @ Contrary)

• 8 Harsh Realities of being a Junior VC (Abhinaya Konduru, VC @ M25 Group)

• From Internal Tool to IPO (Tanay Jaipuria, PM @ Instagram)

• The Macroeconomic Signal to Watch for Software & Infrastructure Startups (Tomasz Tunguz, MD @ Redpoint)

• 15,000 Tech Workers Have Been Let Go In May. Were You One of Them? (Hunter Walk, GP @ Homebrew)

• If Shakespeare Started a Startup (Dez Fleming, VC @ FirstMark)

• Cultural Transmission In the Internet Age (Rex Woodbury, Partner @ Index)

• Different Kinds of BS (Morgan Housel, Partner @ Collaborative Fund)

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