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 super-fast growth in the scooter business.
Quote of the Day
"There’s no playbook for coming up with business ideas."
(Khe Hy)
Co-working
- The Wing has raise capital to open women-only co-working and social spaces. (fortune.com)
- Softbank investors are wary of further investment in WeWork. (wsj.com)
Companies
- The meditation app business is surprisingly cut throat. (wsj.com)
- Why Elon Musk's The Boring Company had to give SpaceX some equity. (wsj.com)
- The Ubers for restaurant workers are here and testing in NYC. (wsj.com)
IPOs
- Pinterest is planning a 2019 IPO. (wsj.com)
- Lyft is distinguishing itself from Uber by focusing on keeping its drivers happy. (bloomberg.com)
Advice
- How companies that progress from startup to IPO face key challenges along the way. (venturebeat.com)
- Startup lessons from one of the co-founders of car sharing service Getaround. (medium.com)
Venture
- First Round Capital's State of Startups: 2018. (stateofstartups.firstround.com)
- How SMB solutions became a huge growth area for VC-backed firms. (linkedin.com)
Off the coasts
- 10 companies outside of Silicon Valley to watch in 2019. (venturebeat.com)
- The move to put jobs in areas not on a coast is largely a function of (home) prices. (nytimes.com)
Startups
- 'Move fast and break things' is not the best approach for fintech companies. (thebasispoint.com)
- Now state legislatures are getting involved in the scooter business. (wsj.com)
- Can you create a company these days without having some explicit social purpose? (fastcompany.com)
- There is a big difference between an intro and a vouch. (hunterwalk.com)
- Tushar Jain of Multicoin Capital talks with Fred Wilson about the state of investing in crypto. (avc.com)
- The seven best books on tech released in 2018. (fastcompany.com)
