Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at a new threat for scooter companies: repo men.
Secrets of Sand Hill Road
- Scott Kupor's "Secrets of Sand Hill Road" is a good read for founders and aspiring VCs. (valueandopportunity.com)
- "Secrets of Sand Hill Road" is the outcome of a tremendous amount of work by Scott Kupor. (25iq.com)
- Felix Salmon talks VC with Scott Kupor author of the new book, "Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It." (slate.com)
Gender bias
- A profile of Jess Less, Sequioa's first female partner, including a first hand look at gender bias in VC. (msn.com)
- Research shows VCs like to fund companies led by people of the same gender. (papers.ssrn.com)
Companies
- Real estate facilitator Compass is targeting an IPO. (techcrunch.com)
- Food delivery consolidation continues apace as Just Eat and Takeaway.com merge. (theguardian.com)
- How Byju could make the leap from India to the US with the help of Disney ($DIS). (finance.yahoo.com)
Venture
- A second Vision Fund will have big ripple effects in enterprise tech. (wsj.com)
- More evidence that VCs love backing serial entrepreneurs. (papers.ssrn.com)
- How VCs choose their Twitter bios. (vcstarterkit.substack.com)