Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at which unicorns are growing and which are shrinking.
Quote of the Day
"Time is a valuable resource for all parties and it should be a factor that both sides include in the deal making analysis. But it often is not."
(Fred Wilson)
VC model
- Softbank has upended the Silicon Valley investment model. (wsj.com)
- Venture capital is ripe for disruption. (medium.com)
- China continues to make headway in venture capital. (wsj.com)
- There is not one single way to do venture capital. (medium.com)
Startups
- Steve Schlafman, "Whenever sunk costs are influencing decisions, I always recommend coming back to this question: ‘what’s best for the company going forward?’" (medium.com)
- The data shows that startup founders are older than the twenty-something ideal. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Why entrepreneurs start companies instead of joining companies. (steveblank.com)
- Should founders ALWAYS be raising money? (thisisgoingtobebig.com)
- Beware the media hype about the next, big hot startup. (hackernoon.com)
- This is unique: Thatcher Bell, of CoVenture and Taylor Greene, of Collaborative Fund listen to a pitch from Brett Maloley of Ladder. (investorfieldguide.com)
Scooters
