Tuesdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at whether venture capital can remake the education system.
Quote of the Day
"The message of this post is don’t let yourself get sucked into a world where a number is your measure of self worth. Because you don’t control that number. The market does. And some days the market is your friend and other days it is most decidedly not your friend."
(Fred Wilson)
VC
- All the so-called unicorns are valued less than Facebook ($FB). (cbinsights.com)
- A deck on the state of fintech from Financial Technology Partners. (ftpartners.com)
- What it is like to run Google's ($GOOG) venture fund. (qz.com)
- Are celebrity VCs a sign of froth? (nytimes.com)
- Some more thoughts on the shutdown of Secret. (medium.com)
- Startups (and VCs) should be more discrete with "confidential" information. (medium.com)
Companies
- The skeptical take on Uber. (deadcompanieswalking.tumblr.com)
- Disrupting the market for self-storage. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- Behind the scenes of food delivery startup Maple. (fastcompany.com)
Startups
- Startup value per person is rising fast. (also.roybahat.com)
- What does a "no-stack startup" look like? (blog.aweissman.com)
- Why founders need to be careful when taking VC money. (heidiroizen.tumblr.com)
- Nine steps to (hopefully) avoid startup-related lawsuits. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- How to pitch your startup with seven slides. (mondaynote.com)
