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 rush to make seltzer water-related investments.
Quote of the Day
"Customer churn is never good and its negative financial impact can often be nonlinear. "
(Tren Griffin)
A master class in growth
- Andrew Chen, Jeff Jordan, and Sonal Chokshi talk about the basics of growth - user acquisition. (a16z.com)
- Andrew Chen, Jeff Jordan, and Sonal Chokshi talk about the basics of growth - engagement and retention. (a16z.com)
Startups
- Why Uber has to try and bundle additional services to its core ride-sharing business. (stratechery.com)
- More consumer startups are avoiding having to take venture capital. (recode.net)
- Why Buffer bought out most of their main venture investors. (open.buffer.com)
- The venture capital industry could do well with more geographic diversity. (bloomberg.com)
- Semil Shah talks with Recode’s Teddy Schleifer about breaking into venture capital and how the industry is changing. (recode.net)
- You "have to figure it out" before "making it happen." (m.signalvnoise.com)
- There’s no such thing as a born salesperson. (seths.blog)
