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Venture

Q1 2026 Rewrites The Record Books As AI Pulls Startup Funding To $300 Billion

Funding

Venture

Q1 2026 Rewrites The Record Books As AI Pulls Startup Funding To $300 Billion

Perspective

Space

The Doppelgängers: What SpaceX Today Tells Us About Amazon In 1997

Perspective

Space

The Doppelgängers: What SpaceX Today Tells Us About Amazon In 1997

Funding Announcements

Amazon, Flexport Alum Dave Clark’s Supply Chain Startup Raises $50M
Helsing raises $1.8 billion in Series E funding round

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Positioning & Narrative

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Why enterprise buyers don’t believe early-stage brands

Positioning & Narrative

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Why enterprise buyers don’t believe early-stage brands

Client Spotlight

Positioning & Narrative

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Anthropic just proved every company using AI needs a knowledge layer. Almost none have one.

Positioning & Narrative

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Investing in Gamma (again!)

Recent Articles

Positioning & Narrative

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How can consistency create company trust?

Positioning & Narrative

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How can consistency create company trust?

Positioning & Narrative

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How belief Is manufactured in technology markets

Positioning & Narrative

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How belief Is manufactured in technology markets

Positioning & Narrative

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Why startup messaging breaks before the copy is written

Positioning & Narrative

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Why startup messaging breaks before the copy is written

Positioning & Narrative

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The Hidden Cost of Speed: When “Move Fast” Quietly Breaks Your Brand

Positioning & Narrative

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The Hidden Cost of Speed: When “Move Fast” Quietly Breaks Your Brand

Positioning & Narrative

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Messaging is a system, not a statement

Positioning & Narrative

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Messaging is a system, not a statement

Top Principles

PRINCIPLE

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"One customer who advocates loudly is worth fifty who tolerate you quietly."

Doug Leone

Former Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital

Doug Leone — Former Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital

PRINCIPLE

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"The more radical the idea, the more precise the narrative must be to earn conviction."

Vinod Khosla

Founder, Khosla Ventures; Co-Founder

Vinod Khosla, Founder at Khosla Ventures; Co-Founder, Sun Microsystems

PRINCIPLE

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"How you price signals where you belong. Enterprise buyers use price as a proxy for trust."

Bill Gurley

Former General Partner, Benchmark

Bill Gurley — Former General Partner, Benchmark

Global Shifts

Positioning & Narrative

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The Great Concentration

Positioning & Narrative

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The Great Concentration

Positioning & Narrative

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Global Shift: The Sovereignty Shift

Positioning & Narrative

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Global Shift: The Sovereignty Shift

Market Definition of the Day

/ˈnerədiv/

Narrative

(noun)

is an account of connected events, either real or imagined. At its core, it is a structured story told to an audience to convey meaning, entertain, or persuade. It can be delivered through various mediums, including books, films, theater, and everyday speech.

Coined

The word "narrative" was originally coined in the mid-15th century (around 1450–1475). It evol…

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