Capital Beyond the Coasts
Capital Beyond the Coasts: What Q3 2026 Regional VC Data Means for Founders Outside SF
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The Strategic Check
Corporate investors are making fewer, bigger bets. What Aranca’s and GCV’s Q3 2026 reports mean for founders seeking a strategic check, and for GPs.
The One-Person Fund
The median US VC fund is $10M while the average is $165.4M. What the rise of solo GPs means for emerging managers and founders seeking a first check.
The Seed Price Split
Median seed prices cooled in 2026 while top-tier valuations soared. What the split means for founders and GPs, and why your lead shapes price and close.
The DPI Drought and the Emerging-Manager Squeeze
LPs are getting little cash back, so they re-up with GPs they know. What 2026’s DPI drought means for emerging managers and founders raising now.
Your Investor CRM Is Not Your Fundraising Strategy
A spreadsheet can tell you who you contacted. A CRM can tell you when you last spoke. A data room can tell you whether someone opened your deck. All useful. None of them can answer the questions that determine whether your Seed or Series A raise works: That is fundraising […]
The Blueprint for Opportunity: A Look at the Powerful Intelligence Engine We’re Building for You
The Blueprint for Opportunity: A Look at the Powerful Intelligence Engine We’re Building for You It’s been an incredibly productive and exciting period of development here at ConnectLab.live. Behind the scenes, we’ve been focused on a single mission: transforming the platform from a powerful networking tool into a proactive intelligence […]
I Spent 20 Years Learning How to Connect People. This Week, 130 Pioneers Helped Me Break Everything.
I Spent 20 Years Learning How to Connect People. This Week, 130 Pioneers Helped Me Break Everything. There’s a moment every founder dreads. It’s not the sleepless nights or the 3 AM doubt. It’s the moment you open the doors and let real people into something you’ve poured your soul […]
The Static Resume is Dead: Why Your Next Professional Profile Will Be a Conversation with AI.
In my decades of building online platforms and studying what truly creates impact, I’ve had a front-row seat to several pivotal shifts in technology. I was there when the right systems allowed businesses to build massive audiences seemingly overnight. I’ve been fortunate enough to build platforms that ranked among the […]
The AI Revolution: From Global Models to Your Personal Network – What You Need to Know (And How You Can Benefit Now)
The AI Revolution: From Global Models to Your Personal Network – What You Need to Know (And How You Can Benefit Now) It’s impossible to open a news feed today without seeing another headline about the breathtaking pace of Artificial Intelligence. From Google’s major AI integrations into Search and the […]