Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at how the market for private capital has split in three.
Quote of the Day
"In the first five years of this decade, we saw the seed portion of the market explode. In the last five years of this decade we saw the growth portion of the market explode. But over those last ten years, the middle part, the traditional venture capital market, has not changed much."
(Fred Wilson)
Companies
- How Gumroad went from venture-backed, to lifestyle business, and back. (medium.com)
- A deep dive into the business of Patreon. (techcrunch.com)
- Lime vs. Bird: the battle for micromobility. (fortune.com)
Venture capital
- Why has seed stage venture capital stagnated? (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- This is a mistake all first-time venture fund managers make. (vcpreneur.com)
- There are a lot of new VC funds coming to market. (theinformation.com)
- How to get a job in venture capital. (sethlevine.com)
Unicorns
- CB Insights came up with a list of '50 future unicorns.' (cbinsights.com)
- The age at which companies close their first mega-round ($100 million+) hasn’t changed all that much. (techcrunch.com)
- The story behind the meteoric rise of Mayasoshi Son's Vision Fund. (wired.co.uk)
IPOs
- Peloton is coming public. (wsj.com)
- Uber and Lyft are issuing stock options to driver but are running into a hurdle. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Startups
- Gulp...An investor says they want to fund your company. (visible.vc)
- There is a big difference between interesting and investable. (pointsandfigures.com)
- Don't forget to plan for 'hiring misfires.' (tomtunguz.com)
- The subscription box model isn't dead yet. (wsj.com)
- A great example of how making something, cowboy boots, cheaper and easier to buy pays off. (cnn.com)
- More services allow users to program without actually programming. (medium.com)
