Tag: thesis

Ep. 8: Trying on our ???Hold Co??? Investment Thesis

This week, I talked with Network for Good’s CEO, Abby Ross, to discuss the new “holding company” we’ll set up in 2024. Through this new entity, we’ll be able to take big swings to bring durable capital to support critical infrastructure that will help communities respon...

My a16z scout thesis: big ideas others would say no to.

Back in 2010, I was starting an AI music generation company. Today we’d call it a Generative AI startup — back then there was no catch-all term. As a result, raising money was all but impossible. I pitched probably 50 investors for my seed round. 49 said no or outright ignored me. Most (...