The 2025 Retrospective

<p>It’s the end of 2025, so Grant and Hammad decided to revisit some of the most important themes from this year and highlight their significance now that we&#39;ve had more time to digest them. Hammad cooked in this one, so Grant thinks you’ll particularly enjoy it.</p><p>Thank you for continuing to listen to us. It’s been a big year (many interviews, the State of Adventure, our 1 year mark, etc.) and we’re excited for many more firsts.</p><p>This will be our last episode for 2025. We’ll see you in 2026! Happy Holidays, everyone.</p><p><strong>🔗 Show Resource Links</strong></p><ul><li><p>Some fun memes to end the year:</p></li><li><p><a href="https://x.com/fahdananta/status/2001288184508940290?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Longevity</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://x.com/88888sAccount/status/2001481066713092517?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Sell me this pen</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://x.com/mrfundman/status/2001344209140486314?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Never give up</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>🎙️ Podcast Links</strong></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6caKxOvhIoajsp6c2TnLC9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/motion-blur/id1777266172" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠Apple Podcasts⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="http://twitter.com/MotionBlurFM" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠X (FKA Twitter)⁠⁠⁠</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://motionblur.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠</a></p></li></ul><p><strong>🌀 About Motion Blur</strong></p><p>Exploring what makes great companies and technologies work. Brought to you by Grant Gregory &amp; Hammad Aslam. Grant is an investor at <a href="https://cantos.vc/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Cantos⁠⁠</a> where he focuses on physical world technologies. Hammad is a Partner at Kivu Ventures, <a href="https://susaventures.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Susa⁠⁠</a>’s growth fund. Learn more about the hosts:</p><ul><li><p>Grant Gregory, <a href="https://twitter.com/grant__gregory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠@grant__gregory⁠⁠⁠</a>, <a href="https://grantgregory.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠Embers⁠⁠⁠</a></p></li><li><p>Hammad Aslam, <a href="http://twitter.com/_hammad_aslam" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠@_hammad_aslamh⁠⁠⁠</a>, <a href="https://susaventures.com/team" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠Susa Ventures⁠⁠</a></p></li></ul><p>If you&#39;re interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every week for new episodes.</p><p>Intro music credit: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/01vcSVQOpFHutiYq0lrBwt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠⁠Will Harrison⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p>Thanks for reading and listening to Motion Blur! <a href="https://motionblur.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">⁠⁠Subscribe⁠⁠</a> to get notified for future episodes.</p>