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The Story Behind Haystack's Investment in Bench IQ
In the late summer of 2023, our friends at Lazer Technologies (thank you Zain and Arif!) messaged us about meeting their friend Jimoh Ovbiagele. Jimoh…
Feb 29
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September 2023
Haystack VII
Announcing our newest fund and some team updates
Sep 10, 2023
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August 2023
Minimum Viable Raise
I was recently with a friend who has been a seed investor for the good part of the last decade. I asked him what he learned during the latter half of…
Aug 22, 2023
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The Story Behind Haystack's Investment in Haus
Since 2010 or so, e-commerce companies, retailers, brands, and other consumer-facing properties had a clear understanding of how they grew their…
Aug 3, 2023
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February 2023
Tools & Platforms in 2023
What building blocks are entrepreneurs picking up these days?
Feb 26, 2023
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January 2023
The Story Behind Haystack’s Investment in Finley
In college, I used to get coffee with a local investor named Tom Rutledge. Tom has a rich background in capital markets and credit origination, and he…
Jan 31, 2023
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December 2022
The liquidation preference
Why should I care?
Dec 30, 2022
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4 questions on AI
Hopefully I can breathe some life back into this newsletter. And the topic du jour in Silicon Valley and the broader tech ecosystem is AI – more…
Dec 6, 2022
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July 2022
Dealing with a hangover
We have unicorns. We have other various animal-themed nomenclature for high growth businesses. So what do you call a software company with single digit…
Jul 14, 2022
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Refocusing
There is a company in the Haystack portfolio that raised a seed round at the tail end of last year. They raised about $4M-$5M — plenty of capital for a…
Jul 7, 2022
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March 2022
Software Startup Heuristics
What are the common models for company creation in the enterprise?
Mar 31, 2022
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January 2022
Gyrations
Making sense of the market in early 2022
Jan 26, 2022
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