Tuesdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look some funding red flags.
Quote of the Day
"Your startup is all about your customers. It’s hard to overstate how critically important this seemingly simple insight is."
(Marc Achler)
Venture capital
- The House Fund focuses on UC Berkeley startups. (medium.com)
- Welcome to the Series B crunch. (vcwithme.co)
- The most difficult part of being a VC. (associate.vc)
App economics
- The 'Down to Lunch' app maker is going it alone for now. (nytimes.com)
- The economics of a hit iOS game. (reddit.com)
Startups
- Try and avoid kicking the can down the road. (avc.com)
- The emotional impact of a high cap on a seed note. (medium.com)
- "Dirty term sheets" or a down-round: a tough choice for founders. (abovethecrowd.com)
- The fear of missing out can hurt investors. (pointsandfigures.com)
- An insider's look at the life sciences boom. (mattermark.com)
- What 3 years at Netflix ($NFLX) taught me about scaling a startup. (fastcompany.com)
- "It's not money until you can buy beer with it." (feld.com)