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This newsletter curates a selection of posts featured on the website each week.

Investment Themes, Theses, & Outlooks

• Climate Tech Investing in Emerging Markets (Mona Alsubaei, VC @ USV)

• Not Your Father’s Insurance Industry (Mark Selcow, GP @ Costanoa)

• ServiceThen, ServiceNow, ServiceTomorrow (Rak Garg & Yash Tulsani, BCV & UiPath)

• 22 Fintech Predictions for 2022 and Beyond (Christopher Cheng & Vishal Vasishth, Obvious Ventures)

Industry Developments & Analyses

• 🌎 Five frontier challenges to deep decarbonization (Shayle Kann, Partner @ EIP)

• After a Massive Year, Fintech Leads the Pace of Change in VC (Amy Nauiokas, CEO @ Anthemis)

• Where did consumerization of the enterprise go? (Kara Nortman, Partner @ Upfront)

• The Web3 Debate (Packy McCormick, GP @ Not Boring)

• Web 3 Leading Indicators (Part 6 of 7) (Matt Cohen & Dom Lau, Ripple Ventures)

• Where are We Headed? Web3 (Part 2) (Dez Fleming, VC @ FirstMark)

Guides, Case Studies, and Best Practices for Operating

• GTM Canon (Ali Abouelatta, First1000)

• The Ultimate Product-Led Growth Resources Guide (Kyle Poyar, Partner @ OpenView)

• “How Do You Evaluate Senior Executives?” (Ryan Caldbeck, Founder @ CircleUp)

• Customer Concentration Risk in B2B Tech Companies (Tanay Jaipuria, PM @ Instagram)

• The New User Journey: Follow Your Users to Understand how to Excel at Go-to-Market (Sam Richard, VP of Growth @ OpenView)

Additional Reads

• The Investment Manager of the Future (David Teten, Partner @ Versatile VC)

• Nomadland, Banksy, and Our Web3 Future of Work (Rex Woodbury, Principal @ Index)

• Is Compensation Stagnation to Blame for the Great Resignation? (Tomasz Tunguz, MD @ Redpoint)

• Hereticon, Notes from the IRL (Mike Solana, VP @ Founders Fund)

• Lessons in Storytelling (Pratyush Buddiga, Chief of Staff @ Susa Ventures)

• Humanism’s Twin Goals for Society: Freedom and Solidarity (Albert Wenger, GP @ USV)

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