Fireside Chat: Leslie Feinzaig x Alex Wilhelm

​Join Leslie Feinzaig, Founder & General Partner of Graham & Walker, for a live conversation with Alex Wilhelm, tech journalist, author of Cautious Optimist, and co-host of the This Week in Startups podcast.

​Alex focuses on how capital, incentives, and policy shape the outcomes we see in technology. His writing connects company fundamentals with broader market forces, helping founders and investors understand not just what is happening in tech, but why it is happening now and what the second-order effects might be.

​In this conversation, Leslie and Alex will explore:

• ​What actually matters for startups and founders right now

• ​How to think about venture scale, capital intensity, and fundamentals in today’s market

• ​Where prevailing narratives fall apart and where durable businesses are still being built

​Expect straight talk, concrete examples, and practical perspectives founders can use to sharpen how they think about building, fundraising, and navigating the current tech landscape.

​This series of fireside chats has been brought to you by our friends at AWS.

​AWS Underrepresented Founder Startup team is dedicated to empowering women, Black, Latinx, LGBTQIA+, and other diverse founders by providing specialized programs and resources tailored to support their needs.

​About Graham & Walker

​Graham & Walker is an early-stage venture fund backing extraordinary founders and ideas that break the mold. Our mission is to change the face of public markets by backing a new guard of founders and CEOs. We invest from pre-seed to seed+ in software-first companies reimagining the systems that shape our daily lives. For more information, please visit https://grahamwalker.com

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