From the Investors Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures highlights ‘moonshot’ products and founders in response to uBeam naysayers in “The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups“ Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint… Read Full Article
From the Investors Saul Klein of Index Ventures shares his thoughts on future investing opportunities, ‘innovation economies’ and the global ‘race for growth’ in “Majority World Report 2014” (slideshow) Tomasz Tunguz… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures shares metrics from Cooley LLP’s Venture Financing Report, noting Series A prices have nearly doubled in six months in “The Meteoric Acceleration in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tom Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures explains how Internet of Things businesses could prosper from the subscription business model in “One of The Best Opportunities in The Next Decade“… Read Full Article
From the Investors Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz analyzes the current trajectory and future impact of the smartphone industry in “Mobile Is Eating The World” (slideshow) Dave McClure of 500 Startups… Read Full Article
From the Investors The Atomico Ventures Team releases their analysis of 136 $1 billion valued companies, noting 61% are outside of Silicon Valley in “Great Companies Can Come From Anywhere: A… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tom Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures explores Zendesk pricing and the Veblen goods supply and demand curve in “The Obscure Economic Idea behind SaaS Pricing Challenges“ Will Porteous of… Read Full Article
Best of the Press Ian Rose of BBC News details a project by Bloomberg Beta and Mattermark to predict future founders in “Over 40? Data Says You Could Be the… Read Full Article
Best of the Press Kevin Roose of New York Magazine covers Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz’s perspective on optimism, robots and diversity in “Marc Andreessen In Conversation“ Christopher Mims of… Read Full Article
New on Mattermark Today, we introduced Mattermark’s Growth Score, which takes into account increasing employee numbers and funding amounts over time. The Growth Score coexists with the Mindshare Score; tracking… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures points out why he thinks voice is the future in “The Fastest User Interface“ Li Jiang of GSV Capital explains the two… Read Full Article
From the Investors Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures finds ‘the best companies are able to maintain or even accelerate their revenue per employee’ in “Benchmarking SaaS Startup Efficiency with Revenue… Read Full Article
From the Investors Anthony Lee of Altos Ventures explains why he thinks the SaaS market has ‘a decade or more to go’ in “SaaS: Early Innings, $1 Trillion Game“ Jay Acunzo of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Frederick Arnander of Standard Ventures suggests tech could disrupt the time horizon of both capital returns and innovation in “The Capitalist’s Dilemma — and Opportunity“ Angel Investor… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bubba Murarka of Draper Fisher Jurvetson breaks out user-, system-, and context-generated notifications in “Three Types of Notifications” Angel Investor Jason Calacanis throws down the gauntlet in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Kanyi Maqubela of Collaborative Fund explains the timeline of the LP-VC-startup food chain in “How a 10-Year Fund Life Impacts Your Startup” Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital… Read Full Article
Early-Stage Companies in the Internet of Things Kontakt provides hardware, backend, and software development services for Beacon. Mattermark Score: 1294. Estimote builds a sensor-based engagement platform for users to communicate… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group thinks “Being Adult in a Relationship” doesn’t mean being conflict-free; it means resolving conflicts mindfully. Semil Shah of Haystack Fund offers a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Angel Investor Andrew Chen adds an element of human psychology to the Android/iOS race in “Why Android Desperately Needs a Billion Dollar Success Story” Jay Acunzo of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz continue the celebration of the five year anniversary of their fund by discussing disruption, investments, and CEO traits in “a16z… Read Full Article
From the Investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz of Andreessen Horowitz mark the five year anniversary of their fund by taking stock of the technology sector and highlighting what’s to come… Read Full Article
From the Investors Erica Swallow, formerly of General Catalyst Partners, sheds light on the backlash from speaking up about gender imbalance in venture capital in “The Realities of Speaking Up… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Lee of SV Angel considers investing an exercise in applied probability, not calculus, in “The Do’s and Don’t’s of Venture Investing” Boris Wertz of Version One… Read Full Article
From the Investors John Lilly of Greylock Partners wonders about the progress that we’ve made, and what’s still left to come in “The Revolution Has Not Yet Succeeded” Tomasz Tunguz… Read Full Article