Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at the blogs top VCs read every morning.
Interviews
- An interview with Brad Feld about starting a VC fund. (feld.com)
- Sarah Lacy interviews Elon Musk. (medium.com)
Fundraising
- A look at the Series A crunch. (bloomberg.com)
- You should treat fundraising like dating. (collaborativefund.com)
- Surveying the crowdfunding scene. (wsj.com)
Startups
- The state of startups: 2016 edition. (stateofstartups.firstround.com)
- Please stop using the phrase the "Uber for...." (ft.com)
- On the power of keeping your pitch simple. (fortune.com)
- If a startup says it doesn't have any competitors it hasn't looked hard enough. (dualmomentum.net)
- Picking a company name is tough these days. (medium.com)
Other
- Two unique aspects of the OpenDoor model. (stratechery.com)
- The past and future of the Chicago tech scene. (mattermark.com)
- On the difference between urgency and complacency. (avc.com)
- On the importance of building domain experience. (howardlindzon.com)
- On the power of reaching out. (businessinsider.com)
- What 'Halt and Catch Fire' gets right about 1980s era tech. (feld.com)
- Silicon Valley bros are heading to Peru to take psychadelics. (businessinsider.com)