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Accelerator Spotlight: Influencer Direct

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Long-term: Influencers across the world with 10K+ followers and across all major verticals (e.g. So in college, I studied aerospace engineering, joined Air Force ROTC, and eventually was accepted by the Air Force to go to flight school upon graduation. My goal was to become an astronaut.

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Why Investing in the Everyday Economy Isn’t Just a Consumer Strategy

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We dove deep into how this investment thesis extends to major verticals of consumer spending like entertainment , clothing , and home. In our portfolio, Code Climate is a perfect example of this, as its software becomes embedded within an engineering team’s daily workflow.

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Startup Shootaround: Inside a VC Team Meeting on Autonomous Vehicles

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DAVID: There’s a second point, which I think is worth reflecting on too, which is: To what extent is the pathway from where we are today to fully autonomous vehicles a pathway of vertical integration versus not? That was out of necessity, since the auto industry didn’t really exist yet. LEE: Exactly.

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