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Sep 11, 2025

Moving to Substack

Big shift: I’m moving my writing to Substack.

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May 14, 2025

Beyond the AI Monolith: YC’s Summer 2025 Request for Startups (and Why We’re Publishing Our Own…

YC bets big on agents, voice, and deeptech, yet overlooks critical domains like climate and digital trust (think: unspamming the digital…

Beyond the AI Monolith: YC’s Summer 2025 Request for Startups (and Why We’re Publishing Our Own…

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Feb 28, 2025

What Startups Get Wrong About Go-to-Market Strategy

Startups love buzzwords. After Blitzscaling & Growth Hacking, Go-to-Market Strategy is now everywhere, but are we just renaming marketing?

What Startups Get Wrong About Go-to-Market Strategy

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Dec 19, 2024

Shaping the Startup Zeitgeist: YC’s Request For Startups

Bonus: The Missing Pieces in YC’s 2025 Startup Blueprint

Shaping the Startup Zeitgeist: YC’s Request For Startups

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Dec 19, 2024

Predictive AI: Why Is It So Hard?

The more I talk with data-savvy technologists, the more I’m convinced of something simple: a model is not and will never be the reality…

Predictive AI: Why Is It So Hard?

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Dec 19, 2024

Risk, Reward, and the Forgotten Art of Scenario Planning in Venture Capital

My favorite definition of risk comes from Elroy Dimson, a professor at the London Business School, who once elegantly wrote that “risk…

Risk, Reward, and the Forgotten Art of Scenario Planning in Venture Capital

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Dec 19, 2024

The impact of GenAI on jobs: Are we causing a massive wave of job losses?

It’s difficult not to think about the broader impact of our investments in AI. The elephant in the room is obviously the impact of GenAI on…

The impact of GenAI on jobs: Are we causing a massive wave of job losses?

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Dec 19, 2024

Understanding Founders as a VC: The Intersection of Talent, Strategy, and Human Connection

The venture world is forevermore talking about talent. It makes sense that investors would want to find and invest in the best possible…

Understanding Founders as a VC: The Intersection of Talent, Strategy, and Human Connection

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Dec 19, 2024

AI at the Crossroads: Balancing Innovation, Regulation, and Responsibility

“AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire.“ —…

AI at the Crossroads: Balancing Innovation, Regulation, and Responsibility

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Dec 19, 2024

Tech-Optimism, Responsibility, and the Shifting Narratives in Venture Capital

The VC world has been extensively discussing the Tech-optimist manifesto from Marc Andreessen of a16z lately. Numerous critiques have…

Tech-Optimism, Responsibility, and the Shifting Narratives in Venture Capital

Willy Braun

Willy Braun

Founder galion.exe. Former @revaia. Co-founder @daphnivc. Teacher (innovation & marketing). Author Internet Marketing 2013. I love books, ties and data.

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