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 minor leagues for VC.
Quote of the Day
"To be provocative: No one ever fired someone too soon."
(Lars Dalgaard)
Venture capital
- Why the 'blind squirrel' theory of VC portfolio construction doesn't work. (acrowdedspace.com)
- How sovereign wealth funds are approaching venture capital. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- The median time to exit keeps getting stretched out. (venturebeat.com)
- Founders (and VCs) keep getting younger. (mercurynews.com)
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Founders
- Barry Quinn, "Hire slowly, fire quickly. To give your company the best chance and a team of A players, be rigorous in your reference checking." (nothingventured.rocks)
- When the big boys take notice of what you are doing you have already won. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- For companies there is a big difference between 'must do' and 'can do.' (avc.com)
- Why VCs should look for 'naive optimism' in founders. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
Startups
- Equity crowdfunding has yet to take off. (bloomberg.com)
- Hedge funds and startups are fighting over quant talent. (wsj.com)
- There’s no shame in a $100M startup. (techcrunch.com)
- How to get an e-mail replied to by a VC. (businessinsider.com)
