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We Ran the Benchmarks and Migrated to Harmonic

Mar 19, 2026

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9 min read

We Ran the Benchmarks and Migrated to Harmonic

What the Data Showed, What We Decided, and Where We’re Pointing our Energy Instead

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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Every VC Wants to Automate. Almost Nobody Does It.

Mar 12, 2026

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7 min read

Every VC Wants to Automate. Almost Nobody Does It.

10 Takeaways From Our DDVC x Munich Meetup That Will Transform Your Workflows

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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The Question Every VC Is Sitting With Right Now

Mar 5, 2026

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8 min read

The Question Every VC Is Sitting With Right Now

What Do You Actually Do With Traditional SaaS Portfolio Companies in a World That's Permanently Repriced Them?

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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Do You Still Need Analysts? The Investment Firm of 2030: Fewer People, Better Decisions

Feb 26, 2026

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13 min read

Do You Still Need Analysts? The Investment Firm of 2030: Fewer People, Better Decisions

How AI Reshapes the Venture Capital Org Chart From the Bottom Up

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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How to Create Defensibility in the Age of AI?

Feb 19, 2026

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13 min read

How to Create Defensibility in the Age of AI?

The Evolution From Data Silos to Full Context to Agentic Abstraction

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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📣New Speaker Announcement + Limited Discounts🏃‍♀️💨

Feb 12, 2026

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4 min read

📣New Speaker Announcement + Limited Discounts🏃‍♀️💨

Secure 33% Discount for the Virtual DDVC Summit 23-25th March 2026

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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💥My #1 Recommendation for 2026: Start Using Claude Cowork NOW

Feb 5, 2026

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11 min read

💥My #1 Recommendation for 2026: Start Using Claude Cowork NOW

The 5-Step Framework To Never Repeat A Task Again

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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💥Startup Screening With LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems

Jan 29, 2026

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7 min read

💥Startup Screening With LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems

Access Our New Paper + Code to Implement

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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Tickets Available Now!

Jan 22, 2026

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3 min read

Tickets Available Now!

AI + Automation + Insights for VC/PE/LP Investors

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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🔥How to Use Claude Code to Automate Your Work WITHOUT Prior Experience

Jan 15, 2026

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11 min read

🔥How to Use Claude Code to Automate Your Work WITHOUT Prior Experience

Step-by-Step Guide to Setup and Start Your First Project

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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🔥Top 30 Tools for VC Investors in 2026

Jan 8, 2026

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9 min read

🔥Top 30 Tools for VC Investors in 2026

My Full Stack Across Claude Code, n8n, Granola, Harmonic & More

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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⏮️2025 in Review - and What I'm Taking Into 2026⏭️

Jan 1, 2026

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10 min read

⏮️2025 in Review - and What I'm Taking Into 2026⏭️

Subscriber Numbers, Open Rates, and How We Automate Investing

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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🎁 Xmas Gifts

Dec 25, 2025

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4 min read

🎁 Xmas Gifts

16 VC Pitchdecks, 10 Prompts for Startup Sourcing & How to Scrape Alternative Data

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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Find the Best Automation Tools for Your Job (Automation Experiment Part 3)

Dec 18, 2025

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10 min read

Find the Best Automation Tools for Your Job (Automation Experiment Part 3)

n8n, Zapier, Make, Lindy, Bardeen & More

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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Summarize 50+ Newsletters With ChatGPT (Automation Experiment Part 2)

Dec 11, 2025

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4 min read

Summarize 50+ Newsletters With ChatGPT (Automation Experiment Part 2)

Full Prompt to Read, Summarize & Create a Daily Digest for All Your Newsletters

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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Live Experiment: Automating My VC Job with AI (Part 1)

Dec 4, 2025

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7 min read

Live Experiment: Automating My VC Job with AI (Part 1)

All My Tasks in One List, Time Spent per Task, Where to Start, Free Slack Group

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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The 10x Analyst: LLM-Powered Startup Screening Experiment

Nov 27, 2025

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13 min read

The 10x Analyst: LLM-Powered Startup Screening Experiment

How to Filter Startups Faster, Cheaper, Better

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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💰How to Find New LPs With ChatGPT

Nov 21, 2025

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8 min read

💰How to Find New LPs With ChatGPT

Simple But Powerful Hack *Without* Coding Skills

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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🚀This Factor Predicts Startup Success

Nov 13, 2025

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13 min read

🚀This Factor Predicts Startup Success

New Study by MIT Sloan Reveals Simple But Powerful Predictor

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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🎙️Is It OK If I Record This Meeting?

Nov 6, 2025

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8 min read

🎙️Is It OK If I Record This Meeting?

The Future of Meeting Memory: Tools, Do's and Don'ts

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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☠️AI Is Killing Consulting - Slowly, Then Suddenly

Oct 30, 2025

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14 min read

☠️AI Is Killing Consulting - Slowly, Then Suddenly

+ Why It Creates a Massive New Business Opportunity

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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💥The New AI-Browser Is Here: ChatGPT Atlas

Oct 23, 2025

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14 min read

💥The New AI-Browser Is Here: ChatGPT Atlas

Takeaways After 24 Hours of Letting Atlas Browse the Web For Me

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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🧠 When the Founder Is the Moat

Oct 16, 2025

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7 min read

🧠 When the Founder Is the Moat

Lessons from Scale AI, Windsurf, Thinking Machines Lab & More

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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🎈Are we in an AI bubble?

Oct 9, 2025

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11 min read

🎈Are we in an AI bubble?

What's really happening with OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD, Oracle & more

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath

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✍️10 Takeaways from the Investor Summit at Bits & Pretzels 2025

Oct 2, 2025

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9 min read

✍️10 Takeaways from the Investor Summit at Bits & Pretzels 2025

From Partners at Accel, Khosla, KKR, Lightspeed & More

Andre Retterath
Andre Retterath
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