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 to think about burn rates.
Quote of the Day
"Because in this day and age, even people with good products, talented musicians or painters, we all need to be out there generating as much exposure as possible to break through the noise."
(Nathan Kontny)
Silicon Valley
- Om Malik, Over past two decades of following this industry so closely, I can safely say that the disease called dogma is infecting more and more participants of this ecosystem." (om.co)
- Is 'disruption' now a bad word? (wired.com)
Pharma
- Roivant Sciences is a new kind of pharmaceutical company. (fortune.com)
- Will SpringWorks Therapeutics lead to a wave of IP spin-outs from pharmaceutical companies? (axios.com)
Companies
- Airbnb wants you to use its app every day. (fortune.com)
- Does Deliveroo have a workable business model? (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- UberEats is doing quite well, thank you very much. (nytimes.com)
- Can startups really do journalism well? (theringer.com)
Starting
- How working at a big company can make you a better founder. (medium.com)
- You can't always get all your ducks in a row before starting a company. (lefsetz.com)
- There is never a perfect time to start. (medium.com)
Venture capital
- Honest VCs will recognize their job is easier than that of the founder. (hackernoon.com)
- We now have at least one generation of VCs and entrepreneurs who didn’t experience the collapse of the Internet bubble. (feld.com)
- The Pocket Guide of Essential YC Advice. (blog.ycombinator.com)
