How Tuesdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the increasingly crowded ‘Uber for kids’ space.
Incubators
Startups
- What are "pre-seed rounds" and do they actually exist? (nextviewventures.com)
- Why overvalued markets hurt seed firms "less." (medium.com)
- Stealth is overrated. (k9ventures.com)
- Better, cheaper, more convenient: which is the best basis for a startup? (robgo.org)
- Why so many people take the wrong lesson(s) from Uber's success. (medium.com)
- Work the phones beforehand to have a better board meeting. (avc.com)
- Do you have the drive needed to succeed? (pointsandfigures.com)
Venture capital
- How Converge Venture Partners went from angel group to VC. (fullratchet.net)
- A VC fight over the value of appearing in "Shark Tank." (businessinsider.com)
- Sesame Street in its new incarnation is going all VC. (fastcompany.com)
Companies
- Startups have been slow to attack insurance but the trend is accelerating. (a16z.com)
- As the science expands so does the opportunity in health care. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- A Slack backlash is coming. (bloomberg.com)