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Investment Themes & Industry Analyses

• Welcome to the State of AI Report 2023 (Nathan Benaich, GP @ Air Street Capital)

• Premium SaaS doesn’t get much premium anymore (Sammy Abdullah, GP @ Blossom Street VC)

• The evolution of the Open Source market & how Fair Code is taking over (Abel Samot, VC @ Red River West)

• The State Of Fintech In Africa (Alex Lazarow, ex-Partner @ Cathay Innovation)

• The power of two: How AI can spark both technological and business model innovation (Boris Wertz, GP @ VersionOne)

Guides, Case Studies, and Best Practices for Operating

• The definitive SaaS homepage framework (Kyle Poyar & Anthony Pierri, OpenView)

• The Must-Have Dashboards and Board Slides for Series B Companies (Bill Binch, Partner @ Battery Ventures)

• Templates: Metrics Assessment (Sameer Singh, VC @ Breadcrumb)

• How to get press for your product | Jason Feifer (Lenny Rachitsky)

• Navigating Early Stage SAFEs: A Guide for Founders to Understand How Stacking Works (Trace Cohen, Partner @ NYVP)

• How to future-proof your SEO strategy (Kyle Poyar, Partner @ OpenView)

Additional Reads

• VC GPT: How LLMs are strengthening SignalFire’s in-house AI (Heath Black, Product @ SignalFire)

• 10 ways to leverage LLMs as a Data-Driven VC (Abel Samot, VC @ Red River West)

• From Dojo to Deal Flow (David Beisel, GP @ NextView)

• LLMs for Dummies (Rex Woodbury, MP @ Daybreak)

• The Pace of FOMO Cycles (Kyle Harrison, GP @ Contrary)

• The Six Moats of Data Businesses (Travis May, GP @ Shaper Capital)

• Correctly Excited (Dez Fleming, VC @ FirstMark)

• How To Pivot An AI Company (Rob May, Partner @ AI Operators Fund)

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