9 Best Articles in 2020
Fast Company
All the things COVID-19 will change forever, according to 30 top experts
Fast Company
~11 min read · 861 saves · Apr 20th · 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…
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16 Startup Metrics | Andreessen Horowitz
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9 min read · 861 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…
Signal v. Noise
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Signal v. Noise
20+ min read · 802 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…
medium.com
Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020
medium.com
6 min read · 574 saves · Mar 5th · Here is a note that we sent to Sequoia founders and CEOs today to provide guidance on how to ensure the health of their…
medium.com
Understanding Customer Acquisition Costs — Growth Hacking, Marketing and Venture Capital
medium.com
4 min read · 473 saves · From 2015 · The framework VCs use
alexanderjarvis.com
Collection of pitch decks from venture capital funded startups
alexanderjarvis.com
473 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…
Andrew Chen
The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup's metrics
Andrew Chen
20+ min read · 387 saves · 2018-11-01 · Entrepreneurs and investors base decisions on user growth forecasts. But common models for user growth rely on lagging indicators. In this clever article, venture…
Benedict Evans
Presentations — Benedict Evans
Benedict Evans
385 saves · Jan 28th · Presentations by Benedict Evans: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, The End of the Beginning and Mobile is Eating the world.
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How to Build a Great Series A Pitch and Deck: Series A
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~16 min read · 81 saves · Oct 14th · Janelle Tam · YC’s Series A Program Manager Janelle Tam on how to put together a great Series A pitch and deck.
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Exclusive: Balderton to launch new fund to “blitzscale” Europe
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3 min read · 30 saves · Oct 14th · Balderton, one of Europe’s most active venture capital firms, is raising money for a mega growth fund to plug a financing gap in the…
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Alphabet’s venture fund gets the real unicorn
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29 saves · Oct 14th · GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, hired its first black female investor, a rarity in Silicon Valley
TechCrunch
True Ventures has $840 million more to invest in nascent and breakout startups
TechCrunch
5 min read · 25 saves · Oct 14th · True Ventures, the now 15-year-old firm with offices in Palo Alto, Calif., and San Francisco, is taking the wraps off two new funds this…
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Why are VCs launching SPACs? Amish Jani of FirstMark shares his firm’s rationale
TechCrunch
5 min read · 24 saves · Oct 12th · It’s happening slowly but surely. With every passing week, more venture firms are beginning to announce SPACs. The veritable blitz of SPACs formed by…
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VCs reload ahead of the election as unicorns power ahead
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4 min read · 17 saves · Oct 17th · Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment. There was a steady drumbeat of bullish news for unicorns…
The Wall Street Journal
Former Teen Startup Founder Josh Buckley Raising $150 Million for Solo Fund
The Wall Street Journal
17 saves · Oct 16th · Tomio Geron · Josh Buckley, a former teenage startup founder and angel investor, is raising his second venture-capital fund, according to people familiar with the matter, joining…
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Political strategist turned tech investor Bradley Tusk on SPACs as a tool for VCs
TechCrunch
4 min read · 16 saves · Oct 20th · Bradley Tusk has become known in recent years for being involved in what’s about to get hot, from his early days advising Uber, to…
Charlie O'Donnell
Real talk on fundraising for a small fund
Charlie O'Donnell
~12 min read · 16 saves · Oct 12th · I don’t really have a particular goal with this post. I’m just sharing. When I started leading deals at First Round Capital, I sourced…
YourStory
[YS Learn] Y Combinator’s Anu Hariharan, an early investor in Razorpay, Meesho, spills the beans on fundraising
YourStory
6 min read · 15 saves · Oct 13th · In a conversation with YourStory, Anu Hariharan, Partner at Y Combinator’s YC Continuity Fund, talks about what startups need to keep in mind while…
