From the Investors
First Round Capital turns Drake and Justin Bieber lyrics into startup dad jokes in their annual “Holiday Video 2015”
Jeff Bussgang of Flybridge Capital identifies nine public reindeer in Boston, along with ninety-nine private Boston startups currently in the “reindeer pipeline in “Analyzing Boston’s Reindeer (Not Unicorns)”
Sarah Guo of Greylock Partners expresses her thoughts on opportunities she she sees for new players vs. platform expansion, the dominance of messaging and more in “Clippy’s Revenge – Smart Messaging as Platform Shift”
Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures believes capital flowing into bot companies is great, but wonders about sustainable competitive advantages in “The Great Bot Rush of 2015-16”
David Teten of ff Venture Capital expands on five ways startup CEOs can keep themselves and their teams accountable with metrics in “How to Run Your Company Based on Metrics: What, Why, How, Who, and When”
Investor Jason Lemkin breaks down how VCs spend their time in “What Would Venture Capitalists Do When They Don’t Have to Source or Execute Deals?”
From the Operators
Charlie Schaub at Rocketrip advises growing companies how to organize their travel policy (and control costs) in “How To Write A Company Travel Policy”
Rob Hunter of HigherMe encourages people to seek out and hire people that have experience working in retail and fast-food in “The McDonald’s Quotient”
Michael Heyward of Whisper announces 20,000,000 monthly active users and highlights notable moments and metrics from 2015 in “20 Million and Counting”
Atish Davda of EquityZen details market market concerns over late stage valuations in “Unicorns, Donkeys, and Late Stage Valuations – Are You Managing Your Portfolio Well? (Part 2)”
Startup Lawyer Jose Ancer recommends founders to never put local access to advisors before competence and results in “Bad Advisors: The Problem with Localism”
Techstars NYC Fall 2015 Startups – Sorted By The Growth Score
Today, Techstars NYC hosted their Demo Day for their Fall 2015 batch in New York City. Here’s the ranked list of startups.
