Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a lesson in branding from Radiohead.
Quote of the Day
"So we live with a lot of disappointment. And one of the questions I struggle with is how much of that disappointment do we share with the founders and teams we work with."
(Fred Wilson)
Managing
- DHH, "Successful startups (and their boosters) should celebrate the scrutiny when it arrives by listening and making changes in actions and culture." (m.signalvnoise.com)
- On the challenges of building community. (howardlindzon.com)
- It's not just designers that can design. (hbr.org)
- Innovation isn't linear. (pointsandfigures.com)
Companies
- A profile of the duo behind Brex Inc. (bloomberg.com)
- Ready or not, WeWork is targeting an IPO. (ft.com)
- ChowNow has a different pricing model for restaurant delivery. (media.thinknum.com)
Sectors
- Corporate travel is getting a makeover with venture capital. (ft.com)
- Venture capital is finally dropping big money on technology related to commercial property management. (wsj.com)
Regions
- "Ahren, an innovative fund backed by eight of Cambridge’s best known scientists and engineers, has raised £200m to invest in companies aiming to create new technologies with large market potential. The scientists hope the fund will help to ease the shortage of capital for innovative start-up companies in the UK compared with the US." (ft.com)
- How LA looks a lot like Silicon Valley 20 years ago. (marginalrevolution.com)
Venture
- "So just how bad is the VC gender gap? Pretty awful, and it’s not getting better." (blogs.cfainstitute.org)
- Setting up funds (of any kind) is expensive and complicated. This startup aims to change that. (pointsandfigures.com)
- Which current startup will produce the next 'PayPal Mafia'? (visualcapitalist.com)
- The downside of the VC existence: the case today of Evernote. (nytimes.com)
