Brendan DickinsonA New Framework for FintechI have spent the better part of the past decade looking at and thinking about opportunities in fintech. Generally speaking, people group…Sep 23, 20191Sep 23, 20191
Brendan DickinsoninCanaanGrowth Marketing: A conversation with Will YoungRecently, we hosted Will Young, the former Head of Growth at Justworks for a fireside chat attended by growth leaders at Spotify, Oscar…Aug 31, 2017Aug 31, 2017
Brendan DickinsoninCanaanComplex Logistics: A conversation with Seth Goldman, former CEO of HelloFresh USARecently, we hosted Seth Goldman for an intimate conversation with founders and VPs of operations at NYC e-commerce companies. We discussed…May 2, 2017May 2, 2017
Brendan DickinsoninCanaanWhy I led Ladder’s Series AI’m a very pleased to announce our investment in Ladder. Ladder is building a new direct to consumer life insurance company and redeeming…Oct 19, 2016Oct 19, 2016
Brendan DickinsonStartups, Metrics, and Intellectual HonestyVCs writing blog posts explaining how to calculate some startup metric has become a familiar trope. These posts can be helpful, and some of…Aug 10, 20162Aug 10, 20162
Brendan DickinsonAlexa is a very expensive clock radioEveryone is quite excited about AI, deep learning, chat bots, and voice interaction. These four things are to differing degrees directly…Jul 7, 20162Jul 7, 20162
Brendan DickinsonInsurance Is The Next Frontier For FintechWe have entered a golden age for fintech. LendingClub and OnDeck recently exited through massive IPOs, and global investments in the…Jun 20, 2016Jun 20, 2016
Brendan DickinsonInsurance Startups: Digitally Native is not EnoughInsurance is the hottest sub-sector of fintech these days. This is driven by a number of very real trends that make meaningful disruption…Jun 10, 20167Jun 10, 20167
