Stratechery Founder Reflects On Internet Evolution
The old Internet, where anyone could host a server is over, but it's just the final blow in an ending that has been coming for years. The future, though, is brighter than it appears.
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Funding & Markets
Jason’s Takes on This Week’s 20VC: Meet 100 VCs, None-and-Done Beats One-and-Done, and Build-to-Prod Is Where I’d Make 10 Bets
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Your Top Job For 2027: Hire 1-2 Execs Who Can Take the Load, Not Just Do the Work
I was with a great agentic B2B CEO this week, $100M+ ARR and still growing fast, and we got into hiring ex-founders. I’m a huge proponent. Every B2B company at scale should have 1 to 3 ex-founder CEOs on the team. They have superpowers you can’t train into an…
