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How AI-Enabled Startups Are Moving Faster — and Rewriting the VC Playbook

Artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping the relationship between founders and venture capital. On the surface, the AI boom still looks…

2d ago

How AI-Enabled Startups Are Moving Faster — and Rewriting the VC Playbook

2d ago

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10 Practical Startup Books Every Growth-Obsessed Founder Should Read in 2026

A quick search for “startup books” will surface the usual classics: The Lean Startup, Crossing the Chasm, Blitzscaling, The Hard Thing…

Jan 8

10 Practical Startup Books Every Growth-Obsessed Founder Should Read in 2026

Jan 8

The New Browser War: Why AI Companies Want to Own Your Starting Point

The shift from search box to chat box is reshaping the web. And the companies building the models want to own the browser that delivers it…

Nov 20, 2025

The New Browser War: Why AI Companies Want to Own Your Starting Point

Nov 20, 2025

The Rise of Vibes-Based Marketing

For decades, marketing has been a game of visibility. Say something loud enough, often enough, and eventually people will remember you…

Nov 19, 2025

The Rise of Vibes-Based Marketing

Nov 19, 2025

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So you want to be a strategist? I’m not sure it means what you think it means!

I meet a lot of designers who say something like, “I’m okay at UI design, but what I really want to be doing is strategy.”

Oct 29, 2025

So you want to be a strategist? I’m not sure it means what you think it means!

Oct 29, 2025

Toward a Fairer AI Economy

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, it’s becoming clear that many of today’s most powerful models have been trained on the…

Sep 25, 2025

Toward a Fairer AI Economy

Sep 25, 2025

The Sycophant in the Machine: When we test our best ideas on AI, are we learning-or just looking…

In the old world of offices, ideas were stress-tested in real time. You’d float a notion over coffee. Riff in a meeting. Share a…

Sep 24, 2025

The Sycophant in the Machine: When we test our best ideas on AI, are we learning-or just looking…

Sep 24, 2025

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The Vanishing Series A: The money hasn’t disappeared, but the pathway is getting harder.

There was a time when the journey from Pre-Seed to Series A felt almost linear. Raise a small pre-seed round, build a great product…

Sep 23, 2025

The Vanishing Series A:
The money hasn’t disappeared, but the pathway is getting harder.

Sep 23, 2025

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Why Most Founder Outreach Fails (and How to Fix It)

Every week, my inbox fills with cold outreach from founders. Some are thoughtful, sharp, and immediately spark curiosity. Others — most…

Sep 17, 2025

Why Most Founder Outreach Fails (and How to Fix It)

Sep 17, 2025

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Should Designers be Paid the Same as Engineers?

When the idea came to light in Cameron Moll’s LinkedIn post that designers at Notion get paid the same as engineers, LinkedIn lit up with…

Sep 4, 2025

A picket line of designers complaining about pay equality

Sep 4, 2025

Andy Budd

Andy Budd

he/him

Design Founder turned investor, advisor and leadership coach. Author of The Growth Equation. @Seedcamp Venture Partner. Formerly @Clearleft @LDConf & @UXLondon.

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