Sam Natbony

Growth Investor & Former Accel-KKR | 15x Angel alongside Sequoia, Ribbit, QED, Lightspeed, Tiger & More

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Check out my latest Innovation Armory piece on @overtime and how it’s combining a digital 1st media distribution strategy with a high school basketball league to build a sports powerhouse. Thanks @TurnerNovak & Farzeen Ghorashy (CSO/CFO) for contributing

https://t.co/GIxgUfKNp8

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Traditional SaaS companies will be faced with a difficult decision in the coming years. Add new AI native modules that cannibalize their core business and negatively impact retention or risk obsolescence from entrants. Ripe opportunity for a new type of specialty PE firm

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Governments struggling with rapid population declines from generational aging should launch their own civic dating platforms as part of social infrastructure investment

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Welcome to the team @natan_reddy & @samNatbony! We’re excited to add these two experienced investors w/depth in industrial tech to @ironspringVC ventures as Principals.

Read more here: https://t.co/V6Z3gmRXLh

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Urban planners for towns should take more design principles from social networks to facilitate greater community in physical networks.

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Before the invention of the ballpoint pen, fountain pens used to cost $200+ PER PEN

May be one of the most influential innovations to unlock educational access.

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Twitter’s bandwidth last night

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The most killer founder teams have both a creative generalist and a deep domain expert. Broad experience generates a unique insight and industry knowledge applies the “physics” of a sector to bring an idea down to earth.

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VCs trying to invest in a sector without a market map

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@TurnerNovak A golden retriever is too generous of a comparison 😂

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AI media will eat away at celebrity IP in more sinister ways over time. What about creating one digital influencer that transforms 100s of recognizable celebrity traits into a mega-celebrity? A lot more legally ambiguous than the OpenAI / SJ scandal

https://t.co/IqQEi9knq3

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@galeforceVC

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🔥Take: the leading universities & school districts in 10 yrs will have embraced AI with open arms. Efficient co-pilot IS the modern writing stack, not cheating.

https://t.co/ykvYPPSWn0

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Say Hello to your (AI)maginary Friend. Check out my latest piece diving deep into consumer companions featuring a snapshot of my convo with the CEO of Replika

https://t.co/qil3lS53f4

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Gen Z Wanderlust = Firm sponsored sabbaticals and trips especially in enterprise

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What benefits aren't offered by a lot of employers today that will be come more common over time? Comment below 👇

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Declining fertility = Corporate sponsored IVF and surrogacy

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Humanization of Pets = Pet insurance and pet discount plans

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What’s scarier than AI taking your job? AI algorithms becoming your boss. That’s been the reality for gig economy workers for years.

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@buildots is solving construction's largest issue to build a powerhouse in the construction technology space: Jobsite visibility

My latest piece for The Innovation Armory unpacks why construction is so inefficient today and the large innovation oppty

https://t.co/sYsD4Lsevt