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Earnest Sweat

Earnest Sweat offers reflective essays on venture capital dynamics, founder behavior, and industry structure, examining how incentives and human nature shape startup investing and deal-making. This page collects 108 posts published between August 2025 and October 2026. Recent coverage focuses on Venture Capital & Startups, AI (Horizontal) and Data & Analytics. Earnest Sweat publishes roughly 8 posts a month; the best of them appear in the SandHill weekly digest.

108 posts indexed8 in the last 30 daysVenture Capital & Startups · AI (Horizontal) · Data & Analytics · FintechVisit site ↗

Friday, 23 October 2026

1 piece
In It, Not Of It↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 22 October 2026

1 piece
Metrics in the Rear View↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Saturday, 17 October 2026

1 piece
Checking Accounts↗

Friday, 16 October 2026

1 piece
You're Not Ready↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 8 October 2026

1 piece
The Pitch Count↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Friday, 2 October 2026

1 piece
The Steal↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 1 October 2026

1 piece
Blue Cars↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Sunday, 27 September 2026

1 piece
Commit Early, Commit Often↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 24 September 2026

1 piece
Assigned But Not Read↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Wednesday, 23 September 2026

1 piece
The Souls of Seed Folk↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Tuesday, 22 September 2026

1 piece
The Essay Test↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 17 September 2026

1 piece
Pull Up Your Calendar↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 10 September 2026

1 piece
The Unmarked Run↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Friday, 4 September 2026

1 piece
The Weird Dot↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Wednesday, 2 September 2026

1 piece
Ringless↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 27 August 2026

1 piece
The Corner Three↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 20 August 2026

1 piece
Everyone Shoots Threes Now↗
AI (Horizontal) · Venture Capital & Startups

Tuesday, 18 August 2026

1 piece
The Barrel Gets a Price↗
AI (Horizontal) · Data & Analytics · Fintech

Thursday, 13 August 2026

1 piece
The Longest Punt in History↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Monday, 10 August 2026

1 piece
Distribution Is King↗
Enterprise Software · Venture Capital & Startups

Friday, 7 August 2026

1 piece
The Songwriting Credit↗
Venture Capital & Startups

Thursday, 30 July 2026

1 piece
The Participation Grade

Wednesday, 29 July 2026

1 piece
AI, SaaS and the Next Private Markets Shakeout

Sunday, 26 July 2026

1 piece
The Delusion Requirement

Tuesday, 21 July 2026

1 piece
Everyone (and Everything) Is a Manager Now

Wednesday, 15 July 2026

1 piece
How Canada Can Become North America's Trusted Innovation Hub

Thursday, 9 July 2026

2 pieces
The Motion Problem
Why This LP Is Staying Consistent in an Unpredictable Venture Market

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

1 piece
The Binary Outcome Trap

Thursday, 18 June 2026

2 pieces
The Refinery Arrives
Why Venture’s Best Opportunities Are Moving to the Edges

Thursday, 4 June 2026

1 piece
Back to the Future of Work

Wednesday, 3 June 2026

1 piece
One Hundred Times in the Water

Thursday, 28 May 2026

1 piece
Cultivating a Venture Program Without Chasing the Hype

Friday, 22 May 2026

2 pieces
When the Ranking Matters
What It Takes to Win With Institutional LPs

Thursday, 14 May 2026

4 pieces
The House (of Brands) I'm Building
How Denmark Built a Big-Tech Future From a Small-Country Base
A New Playbook for Deep Tech Fund Investing
Aligning Capital With Community Impact
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