Ali Afridi
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The Shifts Transforming Markets

Insights from 150+ podcasts w/ top investors, insiders, and executives Podcasts can be an incredible medium for uncovering insight about
09 Nov
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Winning in Vertical AI: The 2 Pathways for Success

Originally published on the Equal Ventures newsletter As we highlighted in our recent Insurance x AI and Logistics x AI
07 Oct
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2025 Construction Tech Request for Startups

Where insiders would like to see more startups and innovation This post is a collaboration with Last Week in ConTech,
25 Sep
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Logistics x AI | The First Wave of Gen AI

The AI innovators transforming the U.S. logistics sector Co-authored with Chelsea Zhang & Christo Ritter. Initially posted on the
21 Aug
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Insurance x AI | The First Wave of Gen AI in P&C

Co-Authored with Christo Ritter & Adam Chadroff. Initially appeared on the Equal Ventures Blog. The $800 Billion U.S. property
17 Jul
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Share Donors in Retail & eCommerce

Over the last few weeks, I shared a series of posts signaling opportunities and industry shifts across the retail &
13 Mar
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The Major Forces Transforming Commerce

A couple of weeks back, we highlighted the major problems and opportunities in the retail & eCommerce industry that investors
05 Mar
2025 Posts

The Grand Problems & Opportunities | Retail & eCommerce Edition

This post originally appeared on The SandHill Newsletter here. It is Part 1 of a 3 part series – Part 2
20 Feb
2025 Posts

What to Expect from VCs if the Downturn Persists

This post originally appeared on the SandHill Newsletter here. Around this time last year, I was getting ready to re-enter
08 Jan
2022 Posts

Studying the Fastest Growing Companies

Whether you’re a founder, an operator, or an investor, studying the markets around us can be an extremely valuable
02 Feb
2021 Posts

Mapping the Insights that Drive Startup Ideas & Theses

Over the past 6 years, I’ve been fortunate to work across multiple VC firms that have active incubation and
14 Oct
2021 Posts

Mental Models for Startup & Thesis Ideation — Visual Reference Guide

A few months back, I published a compilation of 20 mental models that entrepreneurs and investors leverage to develop new
14 Jan
2020 Posts

Systematic Ideation for Startups & Venture Theses – Part 2

10 Sep
2020 Posts

Systematic Ideation for Startups & Venture Theses

This post originally appeared on Medium here As thesis-driven early-stage VCs, one of the activities that we’re frequently engaged
10 Sep
2014 Posts

How much does it really cost to build a web startup?

$1,000? $10,000? $100,000? This post originally appeared on Medium here. Earlier this year, I decided I was
17 Sep
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