Audra Carpenter
AI with AUDRA Podcast
Stop Guessing Your Strategy. Just Watch Where the Money Flows.
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Stop Guessing Your Strategy. Just Watch Where the Money Flows.

The 12-to-24-month window between a Series A and mainstream adoption is the only edge you have left.

Most marketers discover tools 2 years too late and call it "strategy." Here's what the sharpest operators actually do — they watch where the money flows BEFORE the hype cycle kicks in.

The hidden edge nobody talks about:
• a16z, Sequoia, and Benchmark spot infrastructure shifts 12-24 months before mainstream adoption
• That gap between funding and mass adoption? That's your competitive moat
• The cost of testing early = a few hours. The cost of being late = watching competitors build unreplicable advantages

Set up a monthly VC portfolio review. Your future self will thank you. What's one tool you adopted early that gave you a serious edge?

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