Natalie Dillon on Consumer AI, Marketplaces, and Why Consumer Venture Is Misunderstood Today

Natalie Dillon of Maveron joins Nick to discuss Consumer Retrenchment or Reallocation, AI Impact on GTM and Purchase Decisions, How to Balance Consumer Sentiment vs. Behavior, and Where Smaller Funds Win. In this episode, we cover: Investing in the Older Adult Category Challenges for Smaller Funds in Venture Capital Consumer Investing and Market Trends Participation as a Product and Consumer Creators AI’s Impact on Venture and Marketplaces Distribution and Go-to-Market Strategies Balancing Portfolio Construction and Ownership Connect with Natalie: Natalie’s LinkedIn -   / natalie-dillon   Natalie’s X - https://x.com/ntdillon Maveron’s LinkedIn -   / maveron   Maveron’s Website - https://www.maveron.com/ The host of The Full Ratchet is Nick Moran of New Stack Ventures, a venture capital firm committed to investing in founders outside of the Bay Area. 🔗 Connect with Nick on LinkedIn -   / nick-moran-a738503   You can learn more about New Stack Ventures by visiting our website (https://www.newstack.com/) or LinkedIn (  / new-stack-ventures  . 🔗Link to our website: https://fullratchet.net/ 🍏Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... 🎧Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/31D2vzs... Want to keep up to date with The Full Ratchet? Follow us on social: Instagram:   / tfr_pod   LinkedIn:   / the-full-ratchet   TikTok:   / tfr_pod   Twitter: https://x.com/tfr_pod