VC Industry Narratives & Thought Leadership
I help investors and companies shape conversations around emerging technologies and ideas.
Energy Abundance in the AI Era
- Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
- Context: Created to articulate Salesforce Ventures’ perspective on one of AI’s most important second-order effects: energy demand. Combines market research, industry analysis, and portfolio insights to explain why energy may become the defining infrastructure challenge of the AI era.
How to Modernize the U.S. Power Grid
- Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
- Context: Part of Salesforce Ventures’ broader energy infrastructure thesis, this piece examines the transmission, interconnection, and distribution challenges that stand between today’s power grid and an AI-powered future. Developed to help founders and investors understand where the next wave of energy innovation is likely to emerge.
- Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
- Context: Created to explore the technological and economic forces driving a new wave of robotics innovation. Demonstrates my ability to translate complex industry trends into accessible narratives for founders, operators, and investors.
How to Evaluate Robotics Companies
- Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
- Context: Developed after months of research and conversations with robotics founders, researchers, and investors. This piece translates Salesforce Ventures’ investment framework into a practical guide for evaluating robotics startups, demonstrating my ability to turn complex research into actionable thought leadership.
- Role: Strategy, research, writing, distribution
- Context: Developed as part of Salesforce Ventures’ broader exploration of AI business models. The report synthesized emerging trends in AI pricing and helped frame a conversation many founders and investors were already grappling with.
AngelList Venture Education Center
- Role: Strategy, development, implementation, writing, distribution
- Context: Part of a broader initiative to make venture capital more accessible to founders and emerging investors. The educational hub ultimately became the highest-traffic destination on the AngelList domain.
Data-Driven Research
I turn data into stories that people actually read.
2021 State of U.S. Early-Stage Venture
2022 State of U.S. Early-Stage Venture
Solo Capitalists Are Gaining on Traditional VC Firms
Inside the Venture Climate Tech Boom
Startups in Emerging Tech Hubs Are Growing Fast
How Does a Founder’s Alma Mater Impact Their Startup’s Markup Rate?
What Percentage of AngelList Seed-Stage Startups Become Unicorns?
Top VC Firms Don’t Outperform the Broader Market at Seed
How Much is Your Unicorn Investment Worth?
After 18 Months, Your Startup Investment Probably Isn’t Getting Marked Up
Investor & Founder Education
I make complicated subjects understandable.
How to Become an Accredited Investor
What is Internal Rate of Return?
How to Become an Angel Investor
How to Distribute Open-Source AI Products
How to Build a Defensible AI Startup
How to Use the Profit First Method in Accounting
ACH vs. Wire Transfer: What are the Main Differences?
How (and Why) to Craft Vision, Values, and Mission Statements for Your Startup
Pay Transparency: The Ultimate Guide
Pave’s Guide to International Compensation Tiers.
Executive Communication
I help smart people communicate their ideas.
15 Years of Salesforce Ventures
Salesforce Ventures 2025 Year in Review
How to Develop an AI Pricing Model
Case Studies
I help organizations turn outcomes into influence.
Videos
I help organizations communicate ideas through video.
Journalism
In a past life I was a journalist. Here are some examples of journalistic work I’m proud of.
‘Solo’ GP No More: A New VC Business Model Emerges
Could HEVO be Brooklyn’s Next Unicorn?
Inside the Brooklyn Factory Building Stackable Homes Nooklyn Wants To Find Your Next Apartment
Need A Lift? Why Drivers Take Strangers Across The GWB
PHOTOS: Hackensack Artist Makes His Home A Masterpiece
How a Brooklyn Startup is Helping Devs Leap the Language Barrier
VIDEO: Longtime Moonachie Public Servant, 93, Gets Surprise Of Lifetime
PHOTOS: ‘Chief For A Day’ Event Brings Joy To Rutherford Boy, Others
A Deadly Drug Called “K2” Has Taken Over An Entire Block In New York City
Who Needs A Shovel? Paramus Family Melts Snowfall Away
DEAR AMERICA: Here’s Why Everyone Thinks You Have A Problem With Guns
Oradell, Paramus Baseball Coaches Rescue Two From Fiery Wreck In Florida
A Handful Of Dangerous New Legal Drugs Has Public Health Experts Worried
Lyndhurst Trainers Reinvent The Yoga Wheel
This Map Shows That The US Really Has 11 Separate ‘Nations’ With Entirely Different Cultures
A Government Agency Is Paying Suspected Criminals In California Not To Shoot Guns
Lyndhurst Hair Stylist Caters To Millennials
I Went To Wimbledon, And It Was Unlike Any Sporting Event I’ve Ever Seen
Secaucus Teacher’s Inspirational Story Recognized With Nomination For National Award
Parents & Children: The Unseen Faces Of Homelessness In Hudson County
Oh yeah, I also published a short story once…
Matthew Speiser 