Tuesdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look pre-money/post-money debate.
Quote of the Day
"When innovation is measured in generationally, results shouldn't be measured quarterly."
(Morgan Housel)
Andreessen Horowitz
- How Andreessen Horowitz's returns stack up. (wsj.com)
- How Andreessen Horowitz addresses their returns. (a16z.com)
- VC returns are not real until they are in the bank. (pointsandfigures.com)
Apps
- New apps are not dead yet. (businessinsider.com)
- Why launching a consumer-facing app is so difficult now. (avc.com)
Lessons
- Three lessons a startup CEO needed to unlearn from time at Apple ($AAPL). (fastcompany.com)
- Lessons learned from the founder of Brightroll. (medium.com)
Startups
- Your goal from an acquisition should be: "It’s business as usual except better." (feld.com)
- A Q&A with Bill Gurley. (quora.com)
- Not every startup is on the up and up. (mobile.nytimes.com)
- In-Q-Tel works behind the scenes. (wsj.com)
- There's no such thing as 'low hanging fruit.' (m.signalvnoise.com)
- Which countries have the best programmers? (priceonomics.com)
- Working at a startup as a substitute for an MBA. (fastcompany.com)