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 difference between leadership and management.
Mark Suster's big series on startup boards
- Who should be on your startup board? (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- Should you allow 'board observers' on your board? (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- Does the entire management team need to attend each board meeting? (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- How to be a good starup board member. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- How to be a great independent board member. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- High functioning vs. low functioning startup boards. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
- How to effectively prepare for your board meeting. (bothsidesofthetable.com)
More board stuff
- The one thing a board member needs: care. (avc.com)
- How seed boards are different. (pointsandfigures.com)
Early stage investing
- How to build a seed stage venture capital firm. (medium.com)
- If you don't know the CEO, you aren't an angel investor. (pointsandfigures.com)
Companies
- How ThirdLove has transformed the bra buying process using technology. (techcrunch.com)
- Freight forwarder, Flexport, recently raised a big round from, you guessed it, the Softbank Vision Fund. (forbes.com)
- DoorDash just raised more capital to compete in the uber-competitive food delivery space. (axios.com)
Lists
- A comprehensive list of unicorns. (wsj.com)
- A list of 56 companies that have RAISED more than $1 billion, i.e. minotaurs. (axios.com)
Startups
- On immigration: Silicon Valley's loss is Toronto's gain. (ft.com)
- The scooter revolution is, unfortunately, ugly. (avc.com)
- Some Lyft and Uber drivers will get shares in the IPO. (wsj.com)
- There is a difference between being data-driven and data-led. (venturebeat.com)
- A framework to think about valuation and fundraising. (avc.com)
- How big companies should think about the buy/partner/build decision. (entropyeconomics.com)
- AWS ain't free, people. (theinformation.com)