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 math behind generating exceptional VC fund returns.
Quote of the day
“If you look at where valuations are today relative to probably three or four years ago, we used to have a much bigger disconnect between where private and public companies are.” – Scott Kupor
IPOs
- Why big VCs are pushing companies to do direct listing instead of traditional IPOs. (howardlindzon.com)
- There are still plenty of unicorns that need an exit. (news.crunchbase.com)
WeWork lessons
- WeWork shows how under pressure, agreements can get re-worked in a heartbeat. (avc.com)
- WeWork and Uber didn't really break the "tech company" model because they aren't really tech companies. (stratechery.com)
Venture capital
- What would it take to have an investment that 'returned the firm'? (hunterwalk.com)
- Some little known facts about the venture capital business. (tomtunguz.com)
- CircleUp raised $200 million to make loans to consumer-facing startups. (www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org)
Companies
- A profile of financial anlaytics firm Koyfin and their recent seed round. (alleywatch.com)
- A look inside the crowdfunding campaign for Curve. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
- A look at the pitch deck data analytics startup Fivetran used to raise a Series B round. (businessinsider.com)
- Wordpress is experiencing increased competition from the likes of SquareSpace. (axios.com)
- The number of startups in the home ownership space is growing. (wsj.com)
- Construction companies are in a race to go digital. (visualcapitalist.com)
Startups
- Brad Feld, "Focus your 30 people on the 30% of things that will really matter. Stop doing the 70% that don’t matter. Right now. Don’t wait." (feld.com)
- Why taking less capital can end up being the right decision upon exit. (medium.com)
- Why you should ask an entrepreneur why they are building their company at this point in time. (pointsandfigures.com)
- The 55-to-64 age group is showing a jump in entrepreneurial activity. (bloomberg.com)
