Tuesdays here at Abnormal Returns is all about startup/venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the (big) business of disruption.
Quote of the Day
" In my view the best VCs are merely your guides. They are your sparring partners. They are there to help you correct your course when you want to make decisions that their history and wisdom tells them might lead you into a dark alley."
(Mark Suster)
Investing
- Small investors are piling into deals on AngelList. (wsj.com)
- Big money is often made investing in a post-crash cycle. (avc.com)
- How Fidelity thinks about pre-IPO investing. (blogs.wsj.com)
- What seed investors are looking for. (pointsandfigures.com)
- Where startups should look for money. (pointsandfigures.com)
- A profile of Chicago's most active angel investor. (chicagobusiness.com)
Strategy
- Great businesses often dominate one (small) market first before moving onto bigger and better things. (altosventures.com)
- Technology companies are having a hard time filling sales jobs. (wsj.com)
- Should startups ever merge? (pointsandfigures.com)
Companies
- The companies that want to disrupt the tuxedo rental business. (fastcompany.com)
- The drone industry needs some regulatory space to innovate. (nytimes.com)
- The space industry is flooded with cash (and attention). (bloomberg.com)