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Episode #73: Startups Need Better Stories, The Value-Add LP Era, Agile Funding Is Back
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- Apr 2, 2026
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Summary
This week on The Learning Corner, Ashley Mayer makes the case that tech's biggest players have forfeited the narrative and it is now up to startup founders to give people a reason to root for the future. Pavel Prata at Murph Capital argues that the value-add model that transformed venture is now playing out one layer up at the LP level, and most allocators haven't caught up yet. We also dig into Jenny Fielding's take on the return of agile funding and whether stacking small SAFEs in an AI-driven world is a founder-friendly evolution or a short-term optimization with long-term consequences. All that and more on this week's episode.