Thursdays at Abnormal Returns are all about startup and venture capital links. You can check out last week’s links including a look at startup employee entitlement run amok.

Quote of the Day

“I’m sure there are a handful of companies where the capital provided by SoftBank has been useful oxygen...That doesn’t mean they couldn’t have received oxygen with less pain, less friction and less annoyance from other sources.”

(Keith Rabois)

Chart of the Day

Corporate venture capital activity ticked higher in 2019.

(cbinsights.com)