Big news in Denver this morning as ⁦Ibotta⁩ goes public!

Congrats to the team! coloradosun.com/2024/04/18/col…

Following up on Alex Brussell post, we believe the final piece to a great consumer experience is stitching together the technology with the right human touch. Vertical SaaS is only effective if it is implemented correctly and fully embraced by the org.

twitter.com/alex_brussell/…

Announcing Forerunner 's inaugural Consumer Trend Report, a data-driven analysis rooted in what’s driving consumers, where consumers are heading, and where investment opportunities exist.
forerunnerventures.com/consumer-report

The public narrative about consumer investing is detached from the potential. Last year, VC firms distanced themselves from the category and just 7% of seed capital went to consumer. But consumer company performance largely outpaces enterprise. My piece in The Information:

We’re backing Craftwork, building the first iconic consumer brand in home services thru a trusted, reliable, tech-enabled source for home repairs — while also reshaping the SMB sector in this space to be more equitable and lucrative for its many hardworking craftspeople.

You know it's going to be a good one when Eurie Kim, Rebecca Kaden, Nicole Quinn, and Harry Stebbings join forces🔥

The venture pod supergroup you've been waiting for.

open.spotify.com/episode/4BbXvY…

Enjoyed sharing our thesis on #DigitallyNativeFranchises with @cookie - a new model that combines the best of solopreneurship (flexibility, meaningful upside) with the best of gig work (a playbook + central platform for support). techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/for…

We're inspired by Andy Dunn's honesty and bravery in sharing his mental health journey to help others (especially founders) learn from his experiences.

See his and Kirsten Green's full conversation Fortune Brainstorm Tech about navigating mental health challenges: fortune.com/videos/watch/B…

Digitally-native franchises will define consumer shifts in the 2020s in the same way that digitally-native brands did in the 2010s.

And we think they could be even bigger — reshaping how we approach work and engage with education, healthcare, finance, sustainability, and more.

Excited to unveil a tool Forerunner has been refining for years: the Brand Power Score.

This new tool — available to all via SurveyMonkey — quantifies a historically intangible asset, giving operators the insights they need to cast a much larger shadow than their footprint.

Very proud to be starting a new role on the investment team Forerunner.

Grateful to Kirsten Green, Brian O'Malley, Eurie Kim, Nicole Leah Johnson and the whole crew for the warm welcome back.

I so admire each of you and the firm you’ve built — and it’s just the beginning. 🙌

For the third year in a row, we’re giving Shopify merchants a holiday gift of carbon-neutral shipping on all Black Friday/Cyber Monday orders. How can we possibly remove emissions from shipping billions of dollars worth of orders? Let’s break it down… shopify.com/blog/bfcm-carb…

'This isn’t quitting, this is rewiring. It’s happening as I write this. I’m sharing from the middle, not the other side. I’ve never written from the middle.'

A big salute to Sarah and everyone else sharing dispatches from the middle.🫡

The world needs scientists.

Activate