VC Theses #84 | Climated Tech Is Here To Stay, Financial plan template, & more

July 11–17th | Insights from Innovation Endeavours, Greycroft, Menlo Ventures and more

ICYMI – 1st Team

Hi Everyone 👋 ,

In case you missed it, last week we launched a new initiative to highlight the top agencies & service providers that work with startups. These vendors are all vouched for by VCs and Venture-backed founders that have worked with them directly.

Check out our first post below with Tintash, an overseas engineering firm that has worked with many notable startups and growth-stage companies.

The Tactical Guide on Finding & Working with
Development Partners Overseas →

If you’ve worked with a vendor directly or through a portfolio company, and you’d like to vouch for them, just email us their name and website (we’re team@sandhill.io).

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Investment Themes, Analyses, & Outlooks

• Climate Tech Is Here To Stay (Innovation Endeavours Team)

• Should care delivery models be venture backed? (Greycroft Team)

• Understanding the Modern Data Stack (Tanay Jaipuria, ex-RDV & A16Z)

Guides, Case Studies, and Best Practices for Operating

• Financial plan model template  (Peter Specht, Partner @ Creandum)

• The Five Requirements of Enterprise Readiness (Grace Ge, Principal @ Menlo)

• Your Guide To Outbound & PLG: How To Accelerate Revenue Growth Without Compromising PLG (Kyle Poyar, Partner @ OpenView)

• Deliberately Underselling as Sales Strategy (Tomasz Tunguz, MD @ Redpoint)

• Surviving and thriving in tough sales conditions (Mike Marg, VC @ Craft)

• Your Candidates Want A Great Remote-First Culture. How Are You Creating One? (Maggie Crean, Talent @ OpenView)

Additional Reads

• Narrative Capital (Sajith Pai, Director @ Blume Ventures)

• What is a Vision Worth Fighting For? (Jim Scheinman, MP @ Maven)

• The Meaning of Machine Creativity (Albert Wenger, GP @ USV)

• Talent Problems with The Metaverse & Inevitability (Michael Dempsey, GP @ Compound)

• These Two Questions Are All You Need To Understand The Next Few Years of Venture & Startups (Hunter Walk, GP @ Homebrew)

• This Is Water: Revisiting Social Constructs (Rex Woodbury, Partner @ Index)

• The Good Thing About Hard Things (Packy McCormick, GP @ Not Boring)

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