Editor’s Morning Note: Earnings seasons is waning. Here are part of the results. The 2016 US tech IPO market is pretty tame so far, with limited offerings resulting in limited liquidity… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group shares his take on the current state of venture capital investing in a conversation with Michael Platt of Cooley LLP in “Q316… Read Full Article
tl;dr: If you need to raise capital, go do it. There isn’t enough seasonality to venture investment to make waiting worth your time. In business, it feels like there’s a season… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Remember the unicorn hedge? Here’s the other version. It’s a hedge. You come up with a better image this early in the morning. This morning Microsoft announced… Read Full Article
From the Investors Martin Giles of Wing VC publishes a 43-slide deck that covers IoT M&A trends, winning and losing categories, growth sectors, platformization, and more in “IoT Startup State… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: We’re back on the private company beat tomorrow with a new Jason Rowley piece, but today, we’re looking at the tools that many startups depend on to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Leo Polovets of Susa Ventures discusses a variety of startup risks and how to mitigate them in “How to De-Risk a Startup” Ted Serbinski of Techstars and… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: With two new IPOs under our belt, it’s a great time to remind ourselves where we stand. Party until you realize that we may not see another 2016… Read Full Article
Marketplaces are incredibly powerful. They are taking every aspect of our economy by storm and changing how goods and services are discovered, priced and delivered. They work for everything from… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Earnings are boring and you are busy so let’s get you up to speed in record time. This week, a number of major technology companies reported their third-quarter… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: You were asleep, so here’s what you need to know about Twitter’s quarter. Early this morning, Twitter announced its recent operational results. The company bested expectations, reporting… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Starting a startup is more expensive today, too much money used to spoil startups (but doesn’t anymore), and, by the way, the Series A Crunch is a real thing.… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: 2016 tech IPOs are off nearly a third from their highs, which may raise a hackle or two.1 I carefully cropped out the ‘2015’ in this image. Pretend… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Nussbaum of Compound discusses the recent trend of ML/AI startups raising larger rounds in order to build large data sets early on in “Data Sets are… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Why are so many fashion-tech companies focused on making shopping easier? Because the Internet opens up the possibility. Today’s fashion-tech companies are promoting new ways to sell to consumers… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Deep learning startups are in vogue, but that doesn’t mean fundraising is easy. Here are the pitfalls startups should avoid to get funded and build a business. This how-to… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Twitter is in the middle of yet another critical week. Here’s what’s coming next. Create your own metaphor here. After Twitter’s potential suitors dropped out like wayward 2016… Read Full Article
From the Investors Andrei Brasoveanu of Accel focuses on defining & explaining the key metrics that marketplace founders should track, as well as pitfalls / commentary around them in “10… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Google has acquired Eyefluence, which has developed a suite of eyeball-sensing technologies for AR and VR, for an undisclosed sum. Today, Eyefluence quietly announced on its website that it… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Diverse companies outperform non-diverse companies. Here’s one solid way to help diversify your workforce. Promoting diversity in the workplace is a widely supported cause, and one that comes with… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Apple and Microsoft have more than divergent histories, they have conflicting charts! There’s no shortage of high-quality Apple-focused photography on Unsplash. It’s going to be a busy week.… Read Full Article
When you’re curious about a company or trying to find more information on a sales prospect, there’s nothing more frustrating than turning up less than stellar search results. Even worse?… Read Full Article
Editor’s Morning Note: Slack recently released new growth metrics. Let’s see what we can squeeze out of them! Slack, the unicorn’s whose product you likely use the most by hours daily,… Read Full Article
From the Investors Sarah Catanzaro of Canvas Ventures explains why enterprises need to start thinking about data as a strategic asset in “Why Data Strategy Will Save Machine Intelligence” Top… Read Full Article