We love what we do, so ClearCreek writes and publishes pieces for a somewhat irregular blog about emerging companies and the capital markets. Or we did for a while anyway, then we did less, and apparently we stopped entirely. But we kept the old posts below. Any errors are ours exclusively while the occasional sharp insight is probably borrowed. We hope you find them of interest, and we always welcome feedback.
Five really good blogs we read this month: a fascinating first-person account of the days leading up to Redfin’s IPO, from non other than their CEO; venture fund FirstRound’s 30 best pieces of advice to entrepreneurs (our personal favorite: #17: Demo your product with the young, the old, and the drunk)…
Read MoreAmong the best pieces we’ve read recently (and yes, this is a pretty liberal use of “recent”) are: Dan Primack on Unicorns and the market for seed funding; a cogent Voxplainer on microgrids …
Read MoreThis month what’s caught our eye includes: a brief from consultancy McKinsey on where machines can replace humans (with accompanying visualization) — not to give it away, but about 60 percent of occupations could see just under one-third of their activities automated…
Read MoreWell, we all have something to say. Our picks this month include Y Combinator’s Sam Altman who lays out the playbook for startup companies; which leads you to the A13Z team’s helpful list of the best startup company metrics…
Read MoreWe are catching up on the venture capital scene this month, with a good profile of Sequoia Capital (the VC “It Girl” of the past, oh few decades), a primer by Bill Janeway on the future of venture capital,…
Read MoreIf blogs aren’t visual enough for you, WonkBlog has a series on the best graphs of the year, while back on the blog side, here are some thoughts from Ben Horowitz on taking the mystery out of scaling a company; Tim Harford on why there are no new ideas, only remixes…
Read MoreThis month, read some very cogent reasons why an entrepreneur turned down $5 million in venture funding, or go the other direction and get Paul Graham’s advice on how to raise money, and if you have already tried, take comfort in some reasons why you can’t raise money…
Read MoreIn this month’s five best blogs we saunter through Bill Gurley on transitioning to a mobile centric world, the WSJ’s survey of how entrepreneurs come up with great ideas, some amusing stereotypes of venture capitalists,…
Read MoreIn this month’s five best blogs we are going all Venture Capital: start with some great startups whose ideas seemed absurd at the time, then check out six myths about venture capital — which might help, since some people believe there are now fewer than 100 tech VCs still investing,…
Read MoreIn this month’s five best blogs: advice on should you take that startup job, and if you do here’s how you should configure your startup team, and some thoughts on critical questions before you hire a startup lawyer;…
Read MoreOur regular feature of the five best blogs includes: Jeff Bussgang on Lean Ideas v. Big Ideas; the NYT’s David Pogue on the Worst Tech Predictions of All Time; Chris Dixon on the ticking clock that starts when you raise money; GGV’s Jeff Richards with Eight Tips for Entrepreneurs;…
Read MoreThis month’s list of the five best blogs includes: Brad Feld on the need to focus on outcomes, not organization; James Surowiecki on human nature and volatile stocks; former ClearCreek client Roger Dooley dissects a Starbucks loyalty failure; Jeff Bussgang on the difficulty in scaling;…
Read MoreThis month’s list of the five best blogs includes: Josh Kopelman on the increased speed of revenue traction in early stage companies; five lessons on scaling from CEO’s who have done just that…
Read MoreThis month’s list of the five best blogs includes: James Surowiecki on the NFL’s Labor Dispute; Felix Salmon on Grouponomics; a piece asking if America’s brightest minds are being…
Read MoreThis month’s list of the best blogs includes: What happens after Yahoo acquires you; Mark Suster’s advice to focus on basecamp, not on the summit; the Economist briefly noting the correlation between a country’s debt and men who still live with their parents;…
Read Morehis month’s list includes: The Early Failures of Famous Entrepreneurs, Rob Go on Startup Takeaways from 2010, a WSJ piece on What Is That VC Really Thinking During Your Pitch,…
Read MoreActually six of the best blogs I’ve come across recently: Esther Dyson on not everybody can be Bill Gates, Gary Ardnt on 20 things I’ve learned from traveling around the world for three years, Jason Goldberg on 57 things I’ve learned from founding 3 tech companies;…
Read MoreFive of the best blogs I’ve come across recently: Chris Dixon on the ladies night strategy; Shaival Shah on Sell-Side vs. Buy-Side Business Development; Greg Gretsch on why Venture Capitalist’s rarely say “No”; Ron Conway’s guide to technology megatrends,…
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