# VC Partner Predicts the Next Billion-Dollar Brand

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Podcast: [Future Commerce](https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-commerce-570770)
Published: 2026-07-22T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.futurecommerce.com/podcasts/vc-partner-predicts-the-next-billion-dollar-brand
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## Resource

Maveron partner Natalie Dillon joins Brian and Alicia to challenge the consumer-collapse narrative: sentiment sits at post-9/11 lows while spending breaks records. Natalie sheds light on truths of today’s consumer, who is skeptical but continually shopping amid a cultural undertow where AI adoption stays surprisingly shallow, Gen Z turns skeptical, and analog living re-emerges as status. PLUS: Are cults the new future of commerce?

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