Rory Venture 
“The city that measures everything will move faster than the city that guesses.” The short version: Dublin is turning traffic into a data problem. The city is wiring roads, buses, traffic lights, and even lampposts with Internet of Things (IoT) sensors, then feeding that data into a central platform that predicts congestion before it happens. … Read more
“The coders who win are not the ones who type fastest, but the ones who protect 25 focused minutes better than others protect entire days.” The market for developer productivity is quietly re-pricing focus. Teams that get one extra “real hour” of deep work per engineer per day see output jump 20 to 40 percent, … Read more
“The biggest cyber risk in 2026 is not your firewall. It is your employee’s Wi-Fi router.” The short answer: the business is usually on the hook first, even when a remote worker makes the mistake. Cyber insurance pays only if the policy language covers the device, the location, and the type of incident. The gap … Read more
“The first 24 hours decide if a remote hire becomes a long-term asset or a sunk cost.” The companies that win with remote teams treat Day 1 like a product launch, not paperwork. The goal is simple: reduce time to productivity, protect hiring spend, and lower churn. The data is consistent. Teams that run structured … Read more
“By 2027, more B2B buyers will start their product research on YouTube than on vendor websites.” Investors follow where attention moves first and where budgets follow next. Right now, search behavior in B2B is quietly shifting from text to video, from Google to YouTube. The market signals are clear enough: video sits at the center … Read more
“The first rule of project management software: if your standup is about the tool, the tool is broken.” The market for agile project management tools is fragmenting around one clear pattern: teams still want Jira-level power, but they no longer accept Jira-level overhead. Subscription data and product telemetry hint at the same story. Teams want … Read more
“The fastest way to increase SaaS revenue by 20 percent is not a new feature. It is a credible case study on the right landing page.” The market rewards startups that turn customer stories into sales assets. Teams that ship a tight case study library see shorter sales cycles, higher close rates, and lower discounting. … Read more
“If code is running your business, someone needs to be in charge of the code. The only question is when that someone should get the title ‘CTO’.” Investors quietly track one thing when they meet early founders building tech products: the gap between what the business needs from engineering and what the current team can … Read more
“The most valuable bank in Europe will not be a bank. It will be an API company that treats financial data like electricity.” The market already answered the big question about PSD2: it did not kill banks, and it did not mint thousands of unicorns overnight. Instead, it quietly forced every serious fintech and every … Read more
“Horizontal software chases everyone. Vertical SaaS prints money by knowing one customer better than anyone else.” The market has made its call: vertical SaaS is outperforming broad, horizontal software on revenue durability, net dollar retention, and pricing power. Investors now pay higher multiples for a $20 million ARR startup that dominates a narrow niche than … Read more
