Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at why no one cares about your logo.
Quote of the Day
"Not only is our industry lacking in gender and racial balance, but we also suffer from a lack of cognitive diversity."
(Richard Kerby)
VC
- VCs have three jobs: selling is the most difficult. (avc.com)
- You can't be a good VC if all you do is Google the founders. (hackernoon.com)
- The 5 M's of evaluating Series A pitches. (emcap.com)
Communications
- On the discipline of writing regular investor reports. (avc.com)
- How to deliver bad news to investors. (visible.vc)
Companies
- New York City is limiting the number of ride sharing vehicles on the road. (fortune.com)
- The "Peloton of [insert thing]" is now a thing. (nytimes.com)
- Jeffrey Katzenberg's NewTV just raised $1 billion including funds from all the major studios. (variety.com)
- Lemonade wants to hook Millennials on home insurance early. (bloomberg.com)
Startups
- Howard Lindzon, "The fintech winners of recent years are winners because they help people move, save, manage, invest and trade money and other assets. They were being built while everyone was licking their wounds after a drunken phase of money and leverage." (howardlindzon.com)
- 12 lessons from Elad Gil author of "High Growth Handbook." (25iq.com)
- Why the quality of advice from angel investors has declined over time. (om.co)
- Sharon Chang talks with Ben Horowitz about what it takes to work at a startup. (a16z.com)
- A look at the geography of US startup financing. (www-citylab-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
- Seth Godin, "What makes a good logo is a good brand, not the other way around." (seths.blog)
