Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at private equity’s big move into technology in 2019.
Quote of the Day
"Every company known for a great culture is winning. And every company struggling with culture is losing. There are few exceptions to this rule."
(Morgan Housel)
Fintech
- Companies, like Roofstock, are changing the market for single family rentals. (wsj.com)
- VCs are not shying away from the iBuy space. (news.crunchbase.com)
- HighRadius, which specializes in accounts receivable software and treasury management, just became a unicorn. (wsj.com)
- Challenger banks are making headway in the UK market. (ftalphaville.ft.com)
Media
Lessons
- Are you going spend 2020 "selling the same things to new people or new things to the same people?" (thewaiterspad.com)
- Lessons learned from Howard Schultz's return to Starbucks ($SBUX). (mastersinvest.com)
- Some good lessons in business from closing down a restaurant. (eater.com)
- If you are going to have to eat a sh*t sandwich, eat it quickly. (feld.com)
Work
- 2019 didn't see much change in startup employee compensation practices. (hunterwalk.com)
- How much of human resources can be automated? (pointsandfigures.com)
- With more tools than ever, the future of work is distributed. (feld.com)
Technology
- Are you willing to wean your company off Google ($GOOGL) Analytics? (m.signalvnoise.com)
- Why people are up in arms over Ethos Capital’s bid for the .org registration organization. (nytimes.com)
- Sonos ($SONO) shows the downside of working with Big Tech. (theverge.com)
Startups
- Softbank's Vision Fund has reportedly been pulling term sheets. (axios.com)
- Will "candor clauses" become standard in funding agreements? (marketwatch.com)
- Why breakout consumer tech products seem so hard to find. (ft.com)
- The fashion resale market is expanding much faster than traditional retail. (knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu)
- Why Los Angeles is overrun with scooters. (fortune.com)
- ClassPass is now a Unicorn. (techcrunch.com)
