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 differences between UX and UI.
Quote of the Day
"If sales revenue isn’t a good metric for manager potential, what is?"
(Alex Tabarrok)
Real estate
- How is Softbank-backed Compass ever going to make money selling real estate? (wsj.com)
- There are a lot of wrinkles that fractional home equity startups need to figure out. (medium.com)
Shipping
- The battle for self-driving trucks is hot and heavy. (forbes.com)
- One-day shipping requires ever streamlined backend logistics. (techcrunch.com)
Books
- If you are an entrepreneur working on a physical product, Jules Pieri’s new book "How We Make Stuff Now: Turn Ideas into Products That Build Successful Businesses" is a must read. (feld.com)
- Lessons learned from selling a business, from Raegan Moya Jones' "What It Takes: How I Built a $100 Million Business Against The Odds." (fastcompany.com)
Companies
- Divvy wants to be the "financial nervous system for every company.” (venturebeat.com)
- Digital Assets Data wants to be the 'Bloomberg for crypto.' (riabiz.com)
- Once bankrupt e-cig maker NJOY is back and a unicorn. (wsj.com)
Uber
- The story of how Menlo Ventures grabbed an early stake in Uber ($UBER). (techcrunch.com)
- How Uber changed Silicon Valley. (ft.com)
Venture
- Andreessen Horowitz is launching a $2 billion late-stage fund. (businessinsider.com)
- VCs dealing with consumer brand companies are upping their own branding game. (wsj.com)
- Hedge funds increasingly have VC envy. (institutionalinvestor.com)
Startups
- Airbnb has spawned a whole range of companies that help support people on the platform. (bloomberg.com)
- How the big fintech apps built their user bases so quickly. (cbinsights.com)
- The math behind stock options has changed as companies stay private longer. (medium.com)
- Student debt (and health care) are holding back entrepreneurship. (hbr.org)
- A risk of going on Shark Tank: copycats. (wsj.com)
- Why communication up and down the organization is so important in a startup. (pointsandfigures.com)
- Some research that shows solo entrepreneurs outpace team-founded companies. (wsj.com)
- An oral history of London's startup scene. (wired.co.uk)
