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 how to shut down a startup with dignity.
Quote of the Day
"Venture capital should come with a warning label."
(Erik Paley)
Seed
- How to raise a seed round. (medium.com)
- Steve Case's 'Rise of the Rest' is raising a big seed fund. (venturebeat.com)
People
- How women investing in woman-led VC funds will change the industry for the better. (sumzero.com)
- Why there is a role for liberal arts majors in technology. (ft.com)
- How Craig Shapiro of Collective Fund got into technology. (collaborativefund.com)
Startups
- Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, "You can have all the data and science on your side, and a great idea, but if you don’t understand your audience and invest real time in talking to them about what they really need and how your data relates to those needs, they won’t use your tools." (fastcodesign.com)
- No need for a pitch: introducing capital-as-a-service. (medium.com)
- A decent offer to buy your company is rare. (saastr.com)
- Why founders need to understand how equity works. (stripe.com)
- 5 tips to nail a product launch. (medium.com)
- The vanity of ARR. (medium.com)