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Investment Themes, Theses, & Outlooks

• The Future of Healthcare is Private Practice (Slow Ventures Team)

• Demographics in Motion (White Star Capital Team)

Industry Developments & Analyses

• 10 charts that help to frame the state of startupland in 2024 (Ryan Shannon, VC @ Radical Ventures)

• The Modern AI Stack (Menlo Ventures Team)

• Tech's Blind Spots: The Startups Building for Underserved Markets (Rex Woodbury, MP @ Daybreak)

• Who Pays for Healthcare AI? (Morgan Cheatham, VP @ Bessemer)

• AI’s Linux Moment (Chapter 2) (Janelle Teng, VC @ Bessemer)

• Q4 consumer tech multiples (Sammy Abdullah, GP @ Blossom Street VC)

Guides, Case Studies, and Best Practices for Operating

• Good developer experience is a GTM hack (Kojo Osei, VC @ Matrix)

• The right way to do layoffs (Sammy Abdullah, GP @ Blossom Street VC)

• How to have "the talk" with your customers (Kyle Poyar, Partner @ OpenView)

• 8 naming strategies (Ali Abouelatta, First1000)

• Unlocking VC Doors (Massimo Sgrelli, GP @ Lombardstreet Ventures)

Additional Reads

• How to describe your business as an equation (Lenny Rachitsky)

• A few "Sell Work, Not Software" updated thoughts (Sarah Tavel, GP @ Benchmark)

• Crafting Your Average (Kyle Harrison, GP @ Contrary)

• There Are No Rules (Pratyush Buddiga, VC @ Susa Ventures)

• Information That Would Get Your Attention (Morgan Housel, Partner @ Collaborative Fund)

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