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Sep 1, 2026
Ignite VC: The Startup Metrics VCs Actually Care About with Frank Mastronuzzi & Laurel Mintz | Ep293
Fabric VC’s Laurel Mintz and Frank Mastronuzzi explain why $40K MRR matters, which startup metrics actually de-risk an investment, and why chasing inflated AI valuations may be the wrong bet.
Aug 30, 2026
Last Week Ignite August 30, 2026: Nobody Wants a Supplier Anymore
OpenAI cut off Cursor in November and shipped chip results aimed at Nvidia. Nvidia moved to buy Hugging Face. Anthropic committed six years of compute to a building that does not exist. Nobody in AI wants a supplier anymore.
Aug 29, 2026
Shots on Target
Venture capital is like soccer with one rule changed. Some goals are worth a dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of points.
Aug 27, 2026
The Number Nobody Has
Of the total rise in teenage depression since 2010, how much goes away in a world without smartphones? Sixty percent? Five? Nobody has computed it. Every argument in this book is a guess about that one number.
Aug 27, 2026
Ignite Psychology: How to Win High-Stakes Negotiations and Close Better Deals with Alex Adamo | Ep292
Alex Adamo breaks down how founders can negotiate better by anchoring first, using leverage strategically, reading behavioral signals, and knowing when “win-win” is the wrong approach.
Aug 24, 2026
Ignite Startups: How AI Is Reinventing Lifecycle Marketing with Neha Mittal | Ep291
Neha Mittal, co-founder and CEO of Just AI, explains how AI is reshaping lifecycle marketing by replacing complex campaign logic with continuous personalization, faster experimentation, and measurable revenue impact, while changing how marketing teams are structured and scaled.
Aug 23, 2026
Last Week Ignite August 23, 2026: The Token Stopped Being a Unit of Account
OpenAI cut its flagship price for exactly three months, DeepSeek made Saturdays cheaper than Tuesdays, and Stripe bought the company that decides which model runs your request. The industry's unit of account quietly stopped working.
Aug 20, 2026
Ignite Startups: How AI Agents Are Transforming Procurement and Sourcing with Peter Cetale | Ep290
Sourcerer is using autonomous AI agents to transform global procurement—finding suppliers, negotiating prices, inspecting factories, coordinating freight, and reducing the cost of physical goods rather than merely automating office workflows.
Aug 18, 2026
Team Ignite is the #3 most active early-stage investor in the world
PitchBook published its Q2 2026 Global League Tables this week. Team Ignite Ventures landed at #3 most active early-stage investor in the world, behind only Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator.
Aug 17, 2026
Ignite Startups: Bhaskar Sunkara on Reinventing Business Analytics with AI | Ep289
Bhaskar Sunkara explains why dashboard-driven operations are failing and how AI analytics agents can detect revenue-critical problems, identify their causes, and turn business data into action.
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