Mattermark Daily – Thursday, June 9th, 2016
From the Investors Liz Fleming of Kauffman Fellows Program releases a detailed 22 page report of where Europe and Spain lies in terms of performance and capital efficiency in “The… Read Full Article
From the Investors Liz Fleming of Kauffman Fellows Program releases a detailed 22 page report of where Europe and Spain lies in terms of performance and capital efficiency in “The… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jessica Livingston, Kat Manalac, Carolynn Levy, and Kirsty Nathoo of Y Combinator discuss YC applications, perseverance, the future of startups and more in “Q&A at our Female… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures talks about some of today’s negative macroeconomic trends and what they mean for the technology sector in “In A Slowing Growth Environment,… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures outlines a brief history to put today’s market changes into context and lays out two major trends worth understanding in “Changes in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Walker Fuller of River Cities Capital Funds focuses on how much companies should raise and whether that answer is different today than it was a year ago… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers releases her 213 page 2016 Internet Trends Report that covers important global technology trends in “Mary Meeker’s 2016 internet trends… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jerry Neumann of Neu Venture Capital explains why there are better ways than disruption to think about whether you can succeed at building a business with a… Read Full Article
From the Investors Bryce Roberts of OATV uses an example of a parking lot transaction to showcase the future of companies moving product and marketing dollars in the direction of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Alex Mittal and Christopher Steiner of FundersClub explain that although growing startups have more ways to find liquidity now, they still must honor tacit pacts with investors… Read Full Article
From the Investors Adeo Ressi of Founder Institute discusses why the natural correction in startup valuations will force everyone to make smarter decisions when building and funding companies in “2016… Read Full Article
From the Investors Hans Swildens and Kathleen Collins of Industry Ventures write about the falling mutual and hedge fund VC-related investment activity and what that means for the venture ecosystem… Read Full Article
From the Investors Seth Levine of Foundry Group announces that Foundry Group has achieved B corp certification and what that means for the fund in “Joining The B Team” James Riney… Read Full Article
From the Investors Steven Sinofsky of Andreessen Horowitz digs into the complexities of disruption, including its duration and impact in “Disruption’s Long, Slow, Complex Journey” Jenny Lefcourt of Freestyle chats… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group shares his approach for making professional decisions in “Try On The Decision For 30 Days” Jeffrey Carter of West Loop Ventures talks… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital Partners argues that although we need to build companies that generate real value and real profit, we must not forget that VC-backed… Read Full Article
From the Investors Neill Occhiogrosso of Costanoa Venture Capital offers a cautionary statement about the far-reaching and often permanent implications of the decision to move downmarket in “The Law of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Rob Go of NextView Ventures offers reasons why entrepreneurs face especially tough challenges in the very beginning of their process of finding a second company to start… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Skok of Matrix Partners covers how to measure customer happiness and actively manage your business to reduce churn in “Managing Customer Success to Reduce Churn” Mahesh… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Guttman of SoftBank Capital welcomes the next few years in tech innovation, believing they will represent the most attractive early-stage investing opportunity in recent memory in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jared Friedman of Y Combinator analyzes eight years of YC application data to show how companies and technologies have changed over time in “The Startup Zeitgeist” Anoushka… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group encourages founders building a hardware-based business to get to know other founders who have built similar successful businesses at scale and go… Read Full Article
From the Investors Maia Heymann of Converge Venture Partners discusses when startup CEOs should consider establishing a board of directors and the unintentional signals when they don’t in “Board-Up!” Chamath… Read Full Article
From the Investors Nicholas Chirls of Notation Capital writes about what founders should expect from “seed” investors when raising their first institutional round of capital in “The Current State of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Elizabeth Clarkson of Sapphire Ventures addresses the record amount of money that has gone into U.S. venture funds this year and offers recommendations to attract LPs and… Read Full Article