9 Best Articles in 2021
Fast Company
All the things COVID-19 will change forever, according to 30 top experts
Fast Company
~11 min read · 918 saves · 2020-04-20 · Mark Sullivan · The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed how the world does business. Work shifted, where possible, into people’s homes and online in accordance with social distancing guidelines. As a result, businesses’ longstanding resistance to remote employees dissolved, and the lines between work and family life, long blurred, blended overnight. Even when life returns to some form of normal, some of these changes will stick, according to tech journalist Mark Sullivan's interviews with CEOs and business leaders from a cross-section of industries.
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16 Startup Metrics | Andreessen Horowitz
a16z.com
9 min read · 876 saves · From 2015 · We have the privilege of meeting with thousands of entrepreneurs every year, and in the course of those discussions are presented with all kinds of numbers, measures, and metrics that illustrate the…
Signal v. Noise
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Signal v. Noise
20+ min read · 812 saves · From 2015 · About 12 years ago, I co-founded a startup called Basecamp: A simple project collaboration tool that helps people make progress together, sold on a monthly subscription. It took a part of some…
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Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020
medium.com
6 min read · 588 saves · 2020-03-05 · Here is a note that we sent to Sequoia founders and CEOs today to provide guidance on how to ensure the health of their business while…
medium.com
Understanding Customer Acquisition Costs — Growth Hacking, Marketing and Venture Capital
medium.com
4 min read · 486 saves · From 2015 · The framework VCs use
alexanderjarvis.com
Collection of pitch decks from venture capital funded startups
alexanderjarvis.com
481 saves · From 2015
Benedict Evans
Mobile is eating the world
Benedict Evans
400 saves · From 2017 · As we pass 2.5bn smartphones on earth and head towards 5bn, and mobile moves from creation to deployment, the questions change. What's the state of the smartphone, machine learning and 'GAFA', and what can we build as we stand on the shoulders of giants?
Benedict Evans
Presentations — Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans
392 saves · 2020-01-28 · Presentations by Benedict Evans: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, The End of the Beginning and Mobile is Eating the world.
Andrew Chen
The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup's metrics
Andrew Chen
20+ min read · 388 saves · From 2018 · Entrepreneurs and investors base decisions on user growth forecasts. But common models for user growth rely on lagging indicators. In this clever article, venture capitalist Andrew Chen details a method for understanding and predicting growth via user “acquisition loops” and “engagement loops.” Start-up investors and entrepreneurs will appreciate Chen’s authoritative take on this crucial subject, as well as his emphasis on sustainability and quality.
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Investing in Public: Non-Obvious Lessons from 100+ Angel Investments
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~14 min read · 44 saves · Jan 6th · As the CEO of Pipedream, an API integration platform, I work in public and collaborate with our community of over 100,000 developers on Slack, GitHub Discussions, and through our public roadmap.…
Inc.
A Pandemic Playbook for Startups in 2021
Inc.
3 min read · 22 saves · Jan 14th · Steve Case's Rise of the Rest offers a Covid-era guide for startups to get funding, advice, and help navigating their way to the public and private resources within their city's ecosystem.
TechCrunch
Hopin might be the fastest growth story of this era
TechCrunch
1 min read · 22 saves · Jan 7th · Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Happy 2021, or as our own Danny Crichton aptly names it, December 38,…
CNBC
Silicon Valley’s share of venture capital expected to drop below 20% for the first time this year
CNBC
4 min read · 20 saves · Jan 14th · Lori Ioannou · Silicon Valley's share of venture capital in the U.S. will fall below 20% for the first time in history a PitchBook forecast reveals.
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Why So Many VCs are Moving to Austin and Miami
SaaStr
1 min read · 19 saves · Jan 4th · Jason Lemkin · Q: Why are so many VCs moving to Miami and Austin? Why? It’s taxes first -- although this isn't new ... and Quality-of-life second. QOL has declined
Business Insider
Gen Z-ers want to become VCs while they're still young, and they're building a growing movement to…
Business Insider
3 min read · 13 saves · Jan 2nd · Members of Gen Z are sharing tips and discussing deal flow on "Gen Z VCs," a Slack workspace created in November that now includes over 3,000 people.
TechCrunch
Two ex-Sequoia VCs: the most ‘compelling emerging market’ may be America, outside of Silicon Valley
TechCrunch
7 min read · 11 saves · Jan 11th · Roughly eight years ago, investors Mark Kvamme and Chris Olsen left Silicon Valley to open a venture firm, Drive Capital, in Columbus, Ohio. It wasn’t an easy decision. Leaving California wasn’t…
Business Insider
We asked 12 prominent European tech investors to pick out fintech startups they think will blow up…
Business Insider
6 min read · 10 saves · Jan 16th · Callum Burroughs · Check out these 19 European fintechs which investors believe will blow up in 2021.
