New paper examining VC decision-making shows how hard getting investment can be: 2,000 proposals are whittled down to 17 investments. (And also that warm introductions are the key to getting funding)

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🌟Join us for an all-star panel at our Sustainability in Travel Summit this Thursday! Howard Kass, Matt Eggers 🇺🇸🌳🌎💡, Kevin Welsh, and Jeffrey Goodell will discuss current trends in sustainability and their impact on business decisions. RSVP now to secure your spot! bit.ly/46NCDQd

Laurence from AE Industrial Partners talks about how SAF is the big needle mover for #aviation sustainability, but it’s 9x more expensive. Other areas they are looking to invest are operational efficiency and electrification JetBlue Ventures #sustainabilitysummit

An excellent start to the All Raise summit yesterday with Rebecca Kaden interviewing LP’s. Can’t wait for day 2! #venturecapital

Scoop: Sam Altman NOT returning as CEO of OpenAI. On The Information

Ina Fried What a weekend! No doubt a ton of frustrated people at OpenAI and beyond.

How everyone feels in Silicon Valley, thought we were finished with the acquihire and succession planning play. #OpenAI #teamwork

Breaking: Deal reached to return Sam Altman to OpenAI axios.com/2023/11/22/sam…

I mean, if Israel and Hamas can reach a temporary agreement, it makes sense that OpenAi can

Not true Sarah McInerney re US holiday vacation. Most all companies shut down for a week or more. It’s no longer the 80’s. Drivetime RTE

It’s been 10 years since the original unicorn analysis (when we accidentally coined the term)🦄 So, our Cowboy Ventures team dug into new data. The tech industry has changed a TON! ✨ From 39 to 532 unicorns ✨ Pendulum swung HARD from consumer to enterprise ✨ Business types,

It has been a whole decade since All Raise co-founder and Cowboy Ventures founder aileenlee coined the term "Unicorn." 🦄 Now, she and chief of staff Allegra Simon take a look back at how the #VC landscape has — and hasn't — changed over the last decade: cowboy.vc/news/welcome-b…

Usage-based pricing introduces new complexities to sales compensation plans especially when it comes to incentives. I teamed up with my a16z colleague Mark Regan to reconcile conflicting sales team, company, and customer priorities and help sales leaders think more concretely

Love that United Airlines is featuring Ireland in Hemispheres, can we please have a direct from SFO to Dublin? #travel #ireland

My heard from VC LPs this week is 10 soundbites from #UpfrontSummit. Thanks Mark Suster & Upfront Ventures team! #1 “In Venture, the majority of companies will fail. The majority of firms will fail too.” #2 “DPI is not a catch all. TVPI is distorted b/c of valuations. What we need to

Hey Irish Startups in the US I need your help! I have an event coming up to showcase Irish founders or Irish founded companies. Are you based in NY or traveling here soon? Then DM me please! Please Share!

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