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For Aileen Lee, mundane tech is still has the most promise

This week on StrictlyVC Download, we’re revisiting Connie Loizos’ conversation with Aileen Lee, the founder of Cowboy Ventures. They discuss what’s on the horizon for Cowboy Ventures and how she’s thinking about AI’s impact on job creation, automation, and new business models—while also giving listeners a glimpse into Cowboy’s own recent team changes. Source

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VC Aileen Lee highlights how the broader investor exodus is worsening woes for unicorn companies

In this week’s episode of the StrictlyVC Download podcast, veteran VC Aileen Lee was direct about a major consequence of the recent boom-and-bust cycle: many companies stuck in limbo aren’t just struggling to regain their footing after raising too much money at unsustainable valuations; they’ve also lost the champions who once backed them. Lee was

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VC Aileen Lee still sees the most promise in ‘unsexy tech’

In this episode TechCrunch Editor in Chief, Connie Loizos, is joined by Aileen Lee the founder of Cowboy Ventures. Aileen coined the term “unicorn” in a TechCrunch article all the way back in late 2013. In this conversation, they discus the ongoing liquidity crisis in the startup ecosystem, the secondary market’s evolution, and how VCs

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