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Next week will mark 3 years since my Grandmother passed. She had a tremendous impact on my life and was always one for words. She dedicated her life to her family above all else, but she was also tough. She wasn’t the type of person to have embroidered pillows, but if she did, they’d have some of her favorite expressions like “You are lucky to be living” on them.

Last month we presented to our LPAC and shared our “State of the Venture Economy”, alongside the usual general updates that we do for such meetings.

As some of you may have seen, we already posted our 26 predictions for 2026 a few weeks earlier. We did this year’s predictions as a team, but it nudged me to reflect on my predictions from last year to see how we fared.

Every year, I try to give myself a rally cry – something that will serve as my manifesto for the year. Historically, I haven’t publicized these, but those around me hear them early and often (likely to the point of ad nauseam). That said, I think these rallying cries warrant their purpose. It’s impossible to capture everything you want to accomplish with a single line, but simplifying your priorities into a single constraint often provides a lot more clarity.

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