Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how VCs evaluate management teams.
Quote of the Day
"When young people ask me what the best way to get into the venture capital business is, I tell them “go work in startups in your 20s and 30s, and then turn to venture capital in your 40s and 50s."
(Fred Wilson)
Bias
- Silicon Valley, to its detriment, devalues those over 40. (ft.com)
- The many problems of pitching while female. (nymag.com)
Investors
- A Q&A with Amy Nauiokas cofounder and president of Anthemis Group. (businessinsider.com)
- Angel investors need to be cheerleaders as well. (medium.com)
- Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital is getting out of the VC game. (lowercasecapital.com)
Membership
Founders
- A lot of business owners in their 60s don't want to retire. (wsj.com)
- Bootstrap your company as long as you can. (phraseapp.com)
- So you've exited. Now what? (hackernoon.com)
Startups
- The on-demand economy has peaked. (qz.com)
- Fred Wilson, "Being public is about being transparent, accountable, and owning up to the issues and dealing with them." (avc.com)
- How HotelTonight cut its burn and now controls its own destiny. (firstround.com)
- The number of mutual funds that own shares in private companies is on the rise. (wsj.com)
- Cal Berkeley sends more grads to Silicon Valley than any other school. (businessinsider.com)
- Three things Hollywood gets wrong about startups. (fortune.com)
- 20 fintech blogs to follow. (news.crowdvalley.com)
