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 economics of electric scooter rentals.
Quote of the Day
"There is plenty of risk in doing a startup. People quit their good paying jobs and take equity in lieu of cash, investors risk capital, customers are asked to try something new that might not work. Amplifying all of that risk with a high degree of difficulty product roadmap or go to market plan is crazy."
(Fred Wilson)
Venture capital
- Sequoia Capital is raising the largest US-based venture capital fund in history. (bloomberg.com)
- Why US-based venture capitalists are looking overseas for investments. (teten.com)
- How Social Capital plans to use algorithms to run a Capital as a Service funding model. (bloomberg.com)
- Why micro-VCs are going to have recalibrate their fundraising expectations. (blog.usejournal.com)
Seed
- Early stage investors need to push back on high valuations. (gothamgal.com)
- The state of seed investing in 2018. (medium.com)
Companies
- A look at Mayhoshi Son's industry-changing moves. (asia.nikkei.com)
- Popularity may not save the electric scooter rental market. (wired.com)
- How would you like to live in an Airbnb-branded apartment complex? (bloomberg.com)
Other
- Why China's unicorns are in a rush to go public. (wsj.com)
- It's ok to call yourself CEO even if your company is just getting off the ground. (saastr.com)
- VCs talk about three investments that got away. (wsj.com)
- VC-backed companies are subsidizing the lifestyles of deal-seeking San Francisco residents. (wsj.com)
- How to reach Fred Wilson. (avc.com)
