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 IPO boom is affecting VCs.
Quote of the Day
"The public market investor doesn’t get access to a lot of the growth, and that just creates wealth inequality, it’s terrible..."
(Ben Horowitz)
Companies
- A deep dive into the story of Natural Cycles a fertility-tracking app which is approved in Europe for contraception as well. (bloomberg.com)
- Toast is trying to help restaurants manage their bottom lines better and has achieved Unicorn status in the meantime. (techcrunch.com)
- Peloton has been able to accomplish something other home fitness companies haven't: build a fanatic online community. (media.thinknum.com)
- Parker Conrad's new startup Rippling is nothing, if not, ambitious in its reach. (techcrunch.com)
- WeWork has acquired Managed by Q Inc. (wsj.com)
Venture capital
- A big profile of Andreessen Horowitz ten years in. (forbes.com)
- Distracted VCs make bad investments. (institutionalinvestor.com)
- The 2019 Midas List. (forbes.com)
- Venture studios explained. (medium.com)
Lessons
- 10 lessons learned from an inspirational entrepreneur. (pointsandfigures.com)
- Lessons learned about building a company from seven years at Airbnb. (medium.com)
Startups
- Be wary of CEOs who spend a lot of time doing speeches and panels. (pointsandfigures.com)
- Questions to ask yourself before forming an advisory board. (fastcompany.com)
- The areas Goldman Sachs ($GS) is focusing on in their fintech investments. (qz.com)
- A short talk with Warby Parker co-founders Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa about some of the key decisions they made. (youtube.com)
- Brands are all-in on Instagram. (ft.com)
