October 18, 2023

October 25, 2023

Introducing: 5 Year Frontier 🔮🎙️

Fast forward five years to view the future of an industry through the eyes of its most innovative entrepreneurs and CEOs.

5 year frontier

Exciting news! I’m going live with a brand new podcast 🎙️ 5 Year Frontier.

Fast forward five years to view the future of an industry through the eyes of its most innovative entrepreneurs and CEOs.

👉🏼 Subscribe today to listen 👈🏼

5 Year Frontier Podcast

Here’s what you’ll hear:
🔮 Learn what key industries could look like in 5 years.
👩🏻‍🚀 Witness the evolution through the eyes of leading CEOs.
🤖 Discover who gets disrupted and who wins big.
👽 Hear of mind blowing technology set to reinvent all the rules.
🧬 Reshape your mental model to thrive in the change ahead.

Delivered as short (~30 mins), insight-packed discussions, that will spark imagination and leave listeners with a preview of what lies ahead.

Episodes coming your way on: Earth’s largest drone network, robotic restaurants, fighting COVID with light beams, diseases hiding in our voice, predictive customer service, 100x team performance, sustainable cities, and plenty more!

Subscribe today (Apple | Spotify) + listen to our trailer

Subscribe and you’ll be first to receive fresh episodes in your inbox every two weeks. And please take 1 minute to forward to a friend who might enjoy it — the future is better with company!

⚡️ The first episode is just around the corner.

Daniel Darling

Featured Resources

June 6, 2023

June 7, 2023

Introducing findfunding.vc 🧨
We're thrilled to announce the launch of our open source VC database - findfunding.vc
company news

April 26, 2023

April 26, 2023

focal is live 👋
We just launched our firm's new name and bold brand: focal
company news

October 19, 2023

October 27, 2023

What it takes to raise capital in 2023
The fundraising environment remains tricky to navigate for startups. Frameworks, like Point 9’s renowned SaaS funding napkins, offer a good a good temperature check on the early stage funding market.
pascal's notes

September 29, 2023

October 27, 2023

Cold Outbound is Under-Appreciated
To get to their initial B2B customers, most founders first tap into their network. That works well for some, but leads many others down a wrong path. Cold outbound is an under-appreciated alternative.
pascal's notes

September 21, 2023

October 27, 2023

The Relationship Between Risk and Return
Howard Marks' latest memo dives in on risk / return in the world of investing. Lots of frameworks and lessons from the piece can also be applied to business building.
pascal's notes

July 13, 2023

July 20, 2023

🧱#8: The VC Rebrand Guide
Rebranding and revamping your website is no easy task. We lay out step-by-step how we did it for focal, all the way to launch.
brick by brick

April 12, 2023

April 25, 2023

🧱#7: Navigating Year-End
Now that the busy year-end season is (mostly) behind us, we look back at the operational lessons we've learned in the last six months.
brick by brick

March 20, 2023

April 25, 2023

🧱#6: On Point Offsite
In January, we had a week-long team offsite across Virginia & Miami. While the primary draw was to see each other, reconnect, & align, we also got a ton of work done. Here's what we learned.
brick by brick
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November 21, 2023

November 21, 2023

5YF Episode #3: ASAPP CEO Gustavo Sapoznik
100x worker performance, predictive call centers, and the future of delighting customers w/ ASAPP CEO Gustavo Sapoznik
5 year frontier

November 8, 2023

November 8, 2023

5YF Episode #2: Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
Drone networks, Earth’s autonomous logistics system, disrupting eCommerce giants, and the future of delivery w/ Zipline CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton
5 year frontier

October 24, 2023

October 26, 2023

5YF Episode #1: Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman
Robotic restaurants, vertical farming, drone delivery, and the future of healthy eating w/ Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman
5 year frontier