Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at whether you should hire a PR firm or do it in house.
Quote of the Day
"The history of startups that became big companies is paved with stories of gradual growth, starting with small successes that later became bigger ones."
(William Mougayar)
Industries
- A Fabrice Grinda presentation on the state of online marketplaces. (fabricegrinda.com)
- The scooter industry is undergoing some serious growing pains. (nytimes.com)
- The commercial drone bubble has burst. (msn.com)
Bay area
- Startup culture has taken over Stanford University. (nymag.com)
- Rising Bay area costs are going to force companies to scale up remote engineering efforts earlier in their life cycle. (avc.com)
Venture
- A Q&A with Homebrew Founders Hunter Walk and Satya Patel. (news.crunchbase.com)
- The Long Term Stock Exchange raised another round of capital. (axios.com)
- How the European startup scene has changed for founders and VCs. (medium.com)
Startups
- What investors can learn from operators, and vice versa. (adventur.es)
- On the challenges of raising at Series A with an out-of-town investor. (nextviewventures.com)
- A big profile of Lamda School. (wired.com)
- Research shows that the most successful startups have founders that are on average, middle aged. (nytimes.com)
