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In case you missed it, we launched a new series called Teardowns last week. Teardowns lives as a separate newsletter where we dive into the fastest-growing companies across different markets.

You can learn more about Teardowns and subscribe here.

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Investment Themes, Theses, & Outlooks

• Building Blocks: Modular Construction and the Future of How We Build (Francesca Whitehead, VC @ G2VP)

• Product-Led Growth (PLG) CRMs Emerge: Mapping the Market and our 2022 Predictions (Sapphire Ventures Team)

Industry Developments & Analyses

• The New Discipline Web3 Software Companies Must Develop (Tomasz Tunguz, MD @ Redpoint)

• Summarizing Q4 2021 Advertising Performance for the Internet Giants (Damir Becirovic, Principal @ Index Ventures)

• The Changing World of Medicare Advantage (Jacob Effron, Principal @ Redpoint)

Guides, Case Studies, and Best Practices for Operating

• “Existing is not news”: How to Make Your Early-stage Startup PR Fly (Elisheva Marcus, VP @ Earlybird's Insights)

• 7 Tips for Founders When Negotiating Term Sheets with VCs (Alex Iskold, GP @ 2048)

• Ins and Outs of Fundraising Today (Nikhil Krishnan, Founder @ Out-Of-Pocket)

• 3 Reasons Why SAFE Notes Can Ruin Your Company (David Paul, MP @ DWP Capital)

• Your guide to PLG & community (Kyle Poyar, Partner @ OpenView)

Additional Reads

• A Tale of Two Markets (Kyle Harrison, Principal @ Index)

• NFPs (Fred Wilson, GP @ USV)

• Balancing Growth, Quality, and Valuations (Kevin Stevens, Partner @ Energize)

• The Most Powerful Question in Investing (Doug Clinton, GP @ Loup)

• Myspace, Tumblr, and the Long-Lost Weirdness of the Social Internet (Rex Woodbury, Principal @ Index)

• Let's Burn Books (Mike Solana, VP @ Founders Fund)

• Putting Ideas into Words (Paul Graham, Founder @ Y Combinator)

• Ownership and the American Dream (Packy McCormick, GP @ Not Boring)

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