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I’m Pausing Open Office Hours

July 21, 2021sapnaashah 1 Comment

I’m pausing my open office hours – at least for now. I’ve held open office hours for early-stage founders since May 2019. By “open” I mean just that. Any founder can sign up for a free slot – no warm… Continue Reading →

Fundraising, Startups founders, fundraising, office hours, startups

How to Write Great Cold Emails, A Conversation with Meha Agrawal

June 28, 2021sapnaashah Leave a Comment

Meha Agrawal is the founder and CEO of Silk + Sonder, a self-care membership experience for modern women that makes daily and proactive mental wellness easy and fun from the comfort of women’s homes. Silk + Sonder gives women a… Continue Reading →

Fundraising, Startups cold emails, fundraising, investors, startups

Why I Invested in Dough

June 27, 2019sapnaashah 1 Comment

Over the last year or so, I’ve seen a number of new startups launching brand aggregation platforms that, among other benefits, provide consumers with curated product discovery. Many of these aggregation platforms are online marketplaces (the recently announced high profile… Continue Reading →

E-commerce, Retail, Startups Dough, Showfields, Verishop

DTC 2.0: Why Stores Matter

May 16, 2019sapnaashah Leave a Comment

When I first started investing in DTC startups over five years ago, most were following the classic DTC playbook – once they developed their product, they would add social content, get SEO right through blog content and site design, collect emails and… Continue Reading →

Bricks and Mortar, E-commerce, Retail, Startups Neighborhood Goods, Showfields

Introducing Retail X Series

August 8, 2017sapnaashah Leave a Comment

What is retail today? After all the dire warnings of the “retail apocalypse,” store closings, zombie malls and retail bankruptcies, “retail” is a loaded term. But in reality, retail is changing – and the definition of the very word “retail”… Continue Reading →

Bricks and Mortar, E-commerce, Retail, Startups B2B, B2C, Retail X Series

Fine Jewelry: The Next Luxury Frontier?

February 16, 2016sapnaashah 1 Comment

I’ve been fascinated by the luxury space for a while now, and have been looking to invest in a luxury startup. Obviously, there have been a few notable successes in luxury ecommerce, including Net-a-Porter, Moda Operandi and Yoox, to name… Continue Reading →

E-commerce, Retail, Startups Cartier, ecommerce, Fine jewelry, Jean Poh, luxury retail, Moda Operandi, Net-a-Porter, Swoonery, Tiffany

Why Investors Should Care about “Third Places”

January 28, 2016sapnaashah Leave a Comment

I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of “third places” recently, and particularly how startups are capitalizing on this non-tech based macro trend. What is a Third Place? Ray Oldenburg is widely regarded to have been the thought leader… Continue Reading →

Startups Common, Cross Fit, Founder House, investors, Krash, Paint Nite, Soul Cycle, startups, third place

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