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Our Take: Aging-in-Place x Home Modifications

The thesis is simple enough: the US is aging, and its 80 million+ boomers will need significant (long-term) care in the form of nursing homes, assisted…

Apr 10 •

December 2023

The Case for Growth at Investment Firms

Conventional wisdom says that funds shouldn’t grow, because growth of fund size is the leading cause of worse returns. But we propose another reason…

Dec 18, 2023 •

August 2023

Board meeting etiquette is undervalued

Companies that go the extra mile leave a lasting impression on stakeholders, and as a result, are more likely to receive proactive support and/or…

Aug 7, 2023 •

July 2023

The Home Equity Opportunity

The topic of high rent costs has dominated every discussion forum imaginable, not just in NYC but nationally, over the past 2 years. From expert panels…

Jul 27, 2023 •

June 2023

Secondaries in LP Stakes

I’ve been asked a lot about trading LP-interest secondaries recently. Most LPs need liquidity, and while a lot of venture companies have recently been…

Jun 8, 2023 •

April 2023

Slow and Steady Growth and Fostering Homegrown Talent Wins The Race

A lot of companies have put together 2023 budgets that look different than the ones they initially set out in 2022. Where investors used to place…

Apr 19, 2023 •

March 2023

Venture Investing in 2023

Last year I wrote this post on Venture Investing in 2022. At the time, some of the public tech stocks had started to fall in value (Docusign, Doordash…

Mar 23, 2023 •

July 2022

Why Embedded Lending Made our Investment in Constrafor a Clear Choice

Lending has been largely a bad word within the VC community since the lackluster public market performance of LendingClub and OnDeck. Affirm, once the…

Jul 15, 2022 •

June 2022

Earning the Right to be Contrarian

When I first started investing in venture capital, I wanted to be contrarian. Badly. Being contrarian was a badge of honor (whereas pursuing consensus…

Jun 15, 2022 •

May 2022

This should be pretty obvious, but: VCs should be giving different advice to different companies. But we’re seeing many VCs give the exact same advice…

May 12, 2022 •

What is Going On in the AMZN TPS Ecosystem Right Now?

As headlines and stories emerge around the challenges some Amazon TPS (third-party seller) aggregators are facing, many founders, investors, and…

May 6, 2022 •

January 2022

Venture Investing in 2022

How we view the world today

Jan 6, 2022 •

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