Well, 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…
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When you’re in a boom, it’s always hard to see if a down quarter is a welcome correction or the beginning of a slump. For venture capital, Q3 could be either. Based on data from Pitchbook, the number of Q3 financing were down significantly…
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Do venture capitalists get paid very well to lose other people’s money? That is the thesis of a piece by Diane Mulchay, director of private equity at the Kaufmann Foundation. Along with misaligned fee structures and the limited downside risk, the core of her critique is particularly brutal…
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Our regular feature of the five best recent blogs includes: why it’s better to be a VC than an angel; how Amazon’s same-day delivery strategy will shake up merchants on Main Street, Mark Suster on what you should tell your VC’s during diligence, some thoughts on social proof…
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This 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;…
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Like many people, I am now getting more and more news and information through twitter. I’ve always thought that facebook is socially familiar — because it is permission-based and…
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A new feature for this blog — with a hat tip to FiveBooks — are a quick list of five of the best blogs since, um, the last newsletter. This round features: Paul Graham on The Top Idea In Your Mind and The Future of Startup Funding; Brad Feld on Serious Questions for Super Angels;…
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Exactly a year ago we saw media reports on venture fundraising that contorted themselves, depending if the half they saw was empty or full. So here we go again, but now it’s not even clear how much water the glass holds. The WSJ uses data…
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And further on the topic of increased liquidity, the always-observant Mark Suster has a terrific piece on why company founders should be able to take some equity off the table once their firm has reached reasonable milestones. His point is simple, but often overlooked:…
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