Digest #38 | SandHill.io Update, The biggest waves since Mobile, and more

Aug 22nd – 28th, 2021

Ali Afridi

Aug 29, 2021

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for being a part of the SandHill.io journey thus far!

In the coming months, we’ve got a major new product launch coming up alongside several updates to the website. Ahead of the launch, I was hoping to get a few subscribers who would be open to testing out the new product which is meant to enable builders and investors to stay on top of the latest shifts across industries. If you’d be up for testing it out, just reply to this email with “I’m in!” and I’ll follow up in the next 10 days with some more details. Thanks in advance!

Now for your regularly scheduled programming.

– Ali

Investment Themes, Theses & Outlooks

Climate and Crypto are the new Mobile (Nikhil Basu Trivedi, GP @ Footwork)
The New Energy Economy (Rick Zullo & Simran Suri, Equal Ventures)
The Creative Age: Part 2 (Saaya Nath, VP @ Jump Capital)
Product Led Growth Strategy: The Key to Unlocking the $358 Billion Learning & Development Market (Michelle Dhansinghani, MBA Associate @ Primary Ventures)

Industry Developments & Analyses

Understanding BNPL (Tanay Jaipuria, PM @ Instagram)
OPay and Nigeria's Mobile Money Wars (Mikal Khoso, VC @ Wavemaker)
Back to the Future: Myspace and Gen Z Digital Identity (Rex Woodbury, Principal @ Index)
Data Traction: How To Evaluate AI Companies With Little Revenue - Part 2 (Rob May, Partner @ PJC)
Open Sourcing Our Token Delegate Program (Jeff Amico, Partner @ A16Z Crypto)

Case Studies and Best Practices for Operating

Keep Them Coming Back: 23 Habit-Making Insights for Product-Minded Founders (NFX Team)
8 Product Hurdles Every Founder Must Clear — This PM-Turned-Founder Shares His Playbooks (First Round Review)
The Chief People Officer as PM: Rethinking The Systems & Tools That Run the Company (First Round Review)

Additional Reads

VC Investor Relations (Fred Wilson, MP @ USV)
Most Startup ‘Pivots’ Aren’t Really Pivots, They’re Just What Startups Are Supposed To Do (Hunter Walk, GP @ Homebrew)
Office Utilization (Fred Wilson, MP @ USV)
The Startup Offer: What to Consider, for Founders and New Hires (Emma Silverman, Principal @ TMV)
Playing the Right Games (Kevin Stevens, Principal @ Energize Ventures)

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