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 value of doing a post-mortem on your angel investments.
Quote of the Day
"Because I think the crowd is usually wrong. The best investors in the world are lonely."
(Mitchell Green)
Technology
- Chris Dixon, "Weak technologies adapt to the world as it currently exists. Strong technologies adapt the world to themselves. Progress depends on strong technologies. Your thumbs will learn." (cdixon.org)
- Why some platforms thrive and others don't. (hbr.org)
- How open source software took over the world. (techcrunch.com)
Venture capital
- More startups are bypassing venture capital to follow a more self-sufficient model. (nytimes.com)
- Why do VCs insist on only investing in high-risk, high-return companies? (reactionwheel.net)
- A debate about VC return math. (pointsandfigures.com)
- The rate of entry of new VC firms seems to have slowed dramatically. (startuprev.com)
- Blackstone ($BX) is formally launching a growth equity business. (wsj.com)
Companies
- How Masayoshi Son thinks about the world. (fastcompany.com)
- WeWork's CEO has leased his own buildings back to the company. (wsj.com)
