Tuesdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at when to quit your startup.
Quote of the Day
"A unicorn seeds a thousand Angels."
(Benedict Evans)
Venture capital
- Venture Capital Outlook 2016: outsiders are blowing the bubble. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- What makes for a great VC. (bijansabet.com)
- How specialized VCs can outperform. (jimscheinman.com)
- In the Series A shakeout keep an eye out for the "super pro-rata signal." (blog.semilshah.com)
- AngelList and Y Combinator continue to shake up the VC world (blog.semilshah.com)
- The Internet disrupts every industry, including venture capital. (stratechery.com)
Startups
- A common way that startups die. (paulgraham.com)
- What it's like to be an angel investor. (earwolf.com)
- Crowdfunding is reaching critical mass. Should you play? (wsj.com)
- Companies will soon have to start choosing between growth and profitability. (continuations.com)
- Eric Schmidt, "Almost all small companies are full of energy and no process." (medium.com)
- Why Square will be a true tech IPO bellwether. (fortune.com)
- How Product Hunt went from nothing to being a top of mind company. (firstround.com)
- Theranos and the problem of too much startup hype. (wired.com)
- Silicon Valley has an age discrimination problem. (medium.com)
- What's the best TV version of Silicon Valley? (theatlantic.com)