Insights

💡Where LPs Invest, How VCs Generate Alpha, Hyped Funding Rounds and Success, Concentration in Private Markets & More

Mar 17, 2026

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15 min read

💡Where LPs Invest, How VCs Generate Alpha, Hyped Funding Rounds and Success, Concentration in Private Markets & More

+ What If AI Makes Every Moat Temporary? Research from Stanford, Carta, Bessemer (..)

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💡What "Founder Friendly" Actually Means, What's Too Many Managers?, Startup Funding vs. Hiring Divergence, Fundraising Benchmarks & More

Mar 10, 2026

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13 min read

💡What "Founder Friendly" Actually Means, What's Too Many Managers?, Startup Funding vs. Hiring Divergence, Fundraising Benchmarks & More

Funding Up 64%, Hiring Down 10%, First VC Shakeout Since Dotcom (..)

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💡Why First-Time Funds Outperform, Lessons From Scaling to $350M, Startup Survival Rates, ARR Levels at IPO & More

Mar 3, 2026

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14 min read

💡Why First-Time Funds Outperform, Lessons From Scaling to $350M, Startup Survival Rates, ARR Levels at IPO & More

New Research from Stanford, Odin, Carta, SaaStr & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

📊Impact of Geo-Focus on Fund Performance, State of Pre-Seed, Rise of Secondaries, Leveraging Personal Emails & More

Feb 24, 2026

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11 min read

📊Impact of Geo-Focus on Fund Performance, State of Pre-Seed, Rise of Secondaries, Leveraging Personal Emails & More

New Research from Theory Ventures, Carta, Growth Unhinged, Pave & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🔥Wealth Trends 2026: Where Investment Flows, Can VC Scale?, Seed-to-Series A Graduation, AI Value Framework & More

Feb 17, 2026

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13 min read

🔥Wealth Trends 2026: Where Investment Flows, Can VC Scale?, Seed-to-Series A Graduation, AI Value Framework & More

New Research from MSCI Wealth, Bessemer, Carta, Odin & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Why Repeat Founders Outperform, ARR Thresholds to Raise in 2026, Hold vs Sell After IPO & More

Feb 10, 2026

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12 min read

💥Why Repeat Founders Outperform, ARR Thresholds to Raise in 2026, Hold vs Sell After IPO & More

New Research from JP Morgan, Carta, Growth Unhinged & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🔥Impact of Reserve Strategy on Fund Performance, Building Habits to Find PMF, Top 40 AI x GTM Plays & More

Feb 3, 2026

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11 min read

🔥Impact of Reserve Strategy on Fund Performance, Building Habits to Find PMF, Top 40 AI x GTM Plays & More

New Research from Carta, Growth Unhinged, Stanford & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🚀 Average Dilution per Stage, Improve Net IRR With Capital Recycling, How Fund Distributions Actually Work & More

Jan 27, 2026

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12 min read

🚀 Average Dilution per Stage, Improve Net IRR With Capital Recycling, How Fund Distributions Actually Work & More

New Research from AngelList, Carta, Mostly Metrics & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💡Toughest Stage to Invest, How to Fix Cap Tables, Tools for GTM Research, Marketing Teams Under Pressure & More

Jan 20, 2026

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11 min read

💡Toughest Stage to Invest, How to Fix Cap Tables, Tools for GTM Research, Marketing Teams Under Pressure & More

New Research from Dealroom, Sequoia, Carta, The VC Corner & Others

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Branding and Distribution Playbooks of Lovable & Cursor, How Much Equity for First Team Members and Advisors, Growth vs Profitability & More

Jan 6, 2026

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14 min read

💥Branding and Distribution Playbooks of Lovable & Cursor, How Much Equity for First Team Members and Advisors, Growth vs Profitability & More

New Research from Carta, Growth Unhinged, SaaStr & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

⚡Unicorn Patterns, Do Expensive Startups Outperform?, The State of VC, Equity Vesting Practices & More

Dec 30, 2025

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12 min read

⚡Unicorn Patterns, Do Expensive Startups Outperform?, The State of VC, Equity Vesting Practices & More

New Research From Sequoia, AngelList, Carta & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🚀Time to $1B Revenue, Growth Playbooks, Who Should Send Recruiting Messages & More

Dec 23, 2025

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13 min read

🚀Time to $1B Revenue, Growth Playbooks, Who Should Send Recruiting Messages & More

Insights, Patterns & Playbooks From the Fastest-Growing Companies

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥How to Master Talent Attraction in the Age of AI

Dec 16, 2025

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16 min read

💥How to Master Talent Attraction in the Age of AI

Why Most Companies Lose Great Candidates and How to Fix the Funnel

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Free Tool & Cloud Credits for Startups, How to Rank Employees, PE as GTM-Multiplier, and the Truth Behind "Who Else Is Investing?"

Dec 9, 2025

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12 min read

💥Free Tool & Cloud Credits for Startups, How to Rank Employees, PE as GTM-Multiplier, and the Truth Behind "Who Else Is Investing?"

New Research from Stanford, Carta, Pave & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

⚡Still Not Using AI? Here's Where to Start and How to Automate Your Workflows

Dec 2, 2025

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19 min read

⚡Still Not Using AI? Here's Where to Start and How to Automate Your Workflows

4 High-ROI Use Cases, What to Automate, What to Ignore, What to Redesign

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🔥 How Equity Allocations Change, AI GTM Automations, How to Pitch, State of Down Rounds & More

Nov 25, 2025

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12 min read

🔥 How Equity Allocations Change, AI GTM Automations, How to Pitch, State of Down Rounds & More

New Research from Carta, Pave, Growth Unhinged & More

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🎯Tackling Churn and Driving Retention in AI Products: Metrics, Strategies, Prediction, and Growth

Nov 18, 2025

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16 min read

🎯Tackling Churn and Driving Retention in AI Products: Metrics, Strategies, Prediction, and Growth

How AI Startups Turn Early Drop-Off Into Long-Term Retention

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🚀 How to Scale from $1M to $20M ARR, 2025 GTM Playbooks, Rise of Forward Deployed Engineers & More

Nov 11, 2025

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12 min read

🚀 How to Scale from $1M to $20M ARR, 2025 GTM Playbooks, Rise of Forward Deployed Engineers & More

New Research from ChartMogul, Growth Unhinged, Dealroom, Pave

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🌎 Hiring Local vs. Remote: The Playbook for Startups in 2025

Nov 4, 2025

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19 min read

🌎 Hiring Local vs. Remote: The Playbook for Startups in 2025

Best Practices, Do's and Don't for Finding the Best Talent

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

🦄Unicorn Founder Traits, Funding Amount vs. Success, Founder Liquidity, Exec Turnover & More

Oct 28, 2025

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11 min read

🦄Unicorn Founder Traits, Funding Amount vs. Success, Founder Liquidity, Exec Turnover & More

New Research from Stanford, RAMP, Pave

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Two Metrics That Really Matter: Burn Multiple and Revenue per Dollar

Oct 22, 2025

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26 min read

💥Two Metrics That Really Matter: Burn Multiple and Revenue per Dollar

What Investors Actually Cary About These Days

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥 How to Predict Unicorns, Founder Vesting Data, Success and Exit Velocity, Dealing With Low Performers & More

Oct 14, 2025

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11 min read

💥 How to Predict Unicorns, Founder Vesting Data, Success and Exit Velocity, Dealing With Low Performers & More

New Research from Stanford, Carta, Pave & More

Andre Retterath

Insights

💥The Impact of Board Composition on Startup Success

Oct 7, 2025

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18 min read

💥The Impact of Board Composition on Startup Success

Learnings from OpenAI, FTX, Theranos & more

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Startup Salaries, Equity, and Their Impact on Employee Retention

Sep 23, 2025

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24 min read

💥Startup Salaries, Equity, and Their Impact on Employee Retention

Synthesizing Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💥Unicorn Hubs, How to Plan Headcount, B2C Metrics, GTM Engineers & More

Sep 15, 2025

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5 min read

💥Unicorn Hubs, How to Plan Headcount, B2C Metrics, GTM Engineers & More

Digesting Insights From the Data

Andre Retterath, +1

Insights

💡Where LPs Invest, How VCs Generate Alpha, Hyped Funding Rounds and Success, Concentration in Private Markets & More

💡What "Founder Friendly" Actually Means, What's Too Many Managers?, Startup Funding vs. Hiring Divergence, Fundraising Benchmarks & More

💡Why First-Time Funds Outperform, Lessons From Scaling to $350M, Startup Survival Rates, ARR Levels at IPO & More

📊Impact of Geo-Focus on Fund Performance, State of Pre-Seed, Rise of Secondaries, Leveraging Personal Emails & More

🔥Wealth Trends 2026: Where Investment Flows, Can VC Scale?, Seed-to-Series A Graduation, AI Value Framework & More

💥Why Repeat Founders Outperform, ARR Thresholds to Raise in 2026, Hold vs Sell After IPO & More

🔥Impact of Reserve Strategy on Fund Performance, Building Habits to Find PMF, Top 40 AI x GTM Plays & More

🚀 Average Dilution per Stage, Improve Net IRR With Capital Recycling, How Fund Distributions Actually Work & More

💡Toughest Stage to Invest, How to Fix Cap Tables, Tools for GTM Research, Marketing Teams Under Pressure & More

💥Branding and Distribution Playbooks of Lovable & Cursor, How Much Equity for First Team Members and Advisors, Growth vs Profitability & More

⚡Unicorn Patterns, Do Expensive Startups Outperform?, The State of VC, Equity Vesting Practices & More

🚀Time to $1B Revenue, Growth Playbooks, Who Should Send Recruiting Messages & More

💥How to Master Talent Attraction in the Age of AI

💥Free Tool & Cloud Credits for Startups, How to Rank Employees, PE as GTM-Multiplier, and the Truth Behind "Who Else Is Investing?"

⚡Still Not Using AI? Here's Where to Start and How to Automate Your Workflows

🔥 How Equity Allocations Change, AI GTM Automations, How to Pitch, State of Down Rounds & More

🎯Tackling Churn and Driving Retention in AI Products: Metrics, Strategies, Prediction, and Growth

🚀 How to Scale from $1M to $20M ARR, 2025 GTM Playbooks, Rise of Forward Deployed Engineers & More

🌎 Hiring Local vs. Remote: The Playbook for Startups in 2025

🦄Unicorn Founder Traits, Funding Amount vs. Success, Founder Liquidity, Exec Turnover & More

💥Two Metrics That Really Matter: Burn Multiple and Revenue per Dollar

💥 How to Predict Unicorns, Founder Vesting Data, Success and Exit Velocity, Dealing With Low Performers & More

💥The Impact of Board Composition on Startup Success

💥Startup Salaries, Equity, and Their Impact on Employee Retention

💥Unicorn Hubs, How to Plan Headcount, B2C Metrics, GTM Engineers & More

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