Hi there, 

Wanna start a data business?

There's a 3-part formula.

I was on my favorite podcast, My First Million, talking business ideas with Sam Parr and Shaan Puri and we broke down the formula.

We also covered:

• How to kill US News & World Report

• A side hustle your kid could do on the cost of pools

• A daily email business that can reach $10M

• Creating data products from sawdust

And lots more business ideas and random bullisht. 

Let me know if you particularly like (or even if you hate) any of the ideas.

Note: if you're working on any of these, I don't angel invest. Don't hit me up for money.

You can listen in on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube.

One and only

Just one insurtech startup (Clearcover) raised a $100M+ mega-round in Q4’22.

Reflecting the sharp decline in insurtech funding last quarter, this single round actually accounted for 15% of all funding to the space.

Moat to GOAT

How did powerhouses like Amazon, Uber, and Google come to dominate their respective industries?

Long story short, they created conditions that made it hard for other companies to compete with them — i.e., they built business moats.

Explore the business moats created by 29 of the world’s biggest companies in this report.

Disney’s channels

Disney is reportedly considering licensing more films to rivals to mitigate its streaming losses.

This isn’t the first time the company’s direct-to-consumer revenue challenges have made headlines — and blockchain tech might only make things more complicated.

Fortune favors the brave

Producing and placing a Super Bowl ad is costly, to put it lightly. 

And even after all that time and money is spent, there is still no guarantee that an ad will resonate with its target audience.
 

Axios. Aaron Weitzman covers digital health M&A activity and mentions CB Insights research.

Retail Dive. Tatiana Walk-Morris discusses the competition for funding among DTC brands and mentions CB Insights research.

The Basis Point. Julian Hebron (@TheBasisPoint) dives into a16z’s fintech investments using CB Insights research.
 

I love you.

Anand

@asanwal

P.S. Airtable, ClickUp, and Notion have raised a cr^p ton more than their public peers Asana, Smartsheet, and Monday.com. We dig into valuations, revenue multiples, and customer perceptions of the collaboration & project management software players.