Earnest Sweat · 10 August 2026 · Operating Insight

Distribution Is King

Earnest Sweat, GP @ Stresswood

AI made building software 7x faster, collapsing engineering costs. Distribution—trust, relationships, and contract renewals—is now the only scarce asset left; startups with no top-down enterprise relationships will struggle to convert pilots into multi-year deals even with strong products.

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Topics: Enterprise Software · Venture Capital & Startups

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