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 need to fire sooner rather than later.
Quote of the Day
"Venture investing requires you to suspend reality, focusing on what could go right despite the huge number of things that are likely to go wrong."
(Craig Shapiro)
Companies
- Is Peloton the "Apple of fitness"? (businessinsider.com)
- Orchard Platform has struggled to gain traction. (nytimes.com)
- The demise of Melt shows that building a grilled cheese empire is harder than it looks. (backchannel.com)
Venture capital
- Why AngelList exists. (medium.com)
- Some practical advice on holding VC annual meetings. (lp2lp2vc.com)
- Nine of the world's largest food companies now have VC arms. (climateerinvest.blogspot.in)
- Do female VCs invest more often in female-founded firms? (bloomberg.com)
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Funding
- How long does it take to actually get funded? (blog.esharesinc.com)
- How to price your IPO. (techcrunch.com)
Work
- The gig economy can be tough on your health. (ft.com)
- Workaholism isn't cool or productive. (m.signalvnoise.com)
Startups
- A dozen lessons learned about building a business from Sarah Tavel. (25iq.com)
- How to apply lessons from the Dotcom bubble to the Crypto bubble. (continuations.com)
- Why leaders need to be open with their teams. (m.signalvnoise.com)
- Chicago should be a fintech hub, but it isn't. (chicagobusiness.com)
