Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at solutions to the problem of sexual harassment in venture.
Geography
- Three myths about starting a company in the Midwest. (businessinsider.com)
- India's weaknesses as a tech hub. (qz.com)
- Even Silicon Valley can't crack the whole HQ, parking lot car issue. (nytimes.com)
Companies
- 9 lessons from the Delivery Hero IPO. (medium.com)
- How Jawbone burned through $900 million in funding. (reuters.com)
- WeWork is now valued in excess of $20 billion. (bloomberg.com)
- Tovala is trying to take the guesswork out of meal delivery services. (washingtonpost.com)
- Umbrella sharing was a big fail. (shanghaiist.com)
Membership
Startups
- Should you take capital from an angel investor you don't like? (medium.com)
- Founders should never surprise their board with an "oh sh*t" moment. (venturegeneratedcontent.com)
- The downside of SAFE notes for founders. (techcrunch.com)
- Why entrepreneurs shouldn't be afraid of priced rounds. (pointsandfigures.com)
- Why sexual harassment is such a problem in VC. (hbr.org)
- An interview with life sciences VC Dr. Jenny Rooke. (blog.angel.co)
- Avoiding problems in the first place is more valuable than solving them. (m.signalvnoise.com)