Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look the outsized impact of Softbank’s Vision Fund.
Quote of the Day
"As an entrepreneur, it’s important to focus on what you can control, which is continuously making incremental improvements and compounding small daily decisions. If you do the right things long enough, eventually the wave of positive momentum will crest."
(Ian Cassel)
Amazon HQ2
- Would actually winning Amazon's ($AMZN) HQ2 hurt a city's startup ecosystem? (qz.com)
- Cities, like Indianapolis, that don't win HQ2 could still actually thrive. (indianapolismonthly.com)
Companies
- Six thoughts on the big Softbank/Uber cash out deal. (blog.semilshah.com)
- Coinbase is acquiring valuable relationships with consumers. (venturebeat.com)
- The meal-kit business is at a dead-end. (wsj.com)
Startups
- VCs are like snowflakes. (yoheinakajima.com)
- 2017 saw a surge in agtech investments. (ft.com)
- Five reasons when a 'No' has nothing to do with you. (hackernoon.com)
- Research on whether investors do better with deal-by-deal fees or overall portfolio fees. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Mutual funds are pricing their stakes in so-called unicorns all wrong. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- Coworking isn't about space it is about combating loneliness. (hbr.org)
