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 Partners imagines how machine learning and automation will shape a multitude of industries in “Programmatic Thinking”
Semil Shah of Haystack Fund and Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures discuss Bitcoin, Stellar, and identifying great founders in “Sunday Conversation #11: Keith Rabois, Khosla Ventures (Round 4)”
Tren Griffin of Microsoft contemplates leadership and the evolution of tech sales in “A Dozen Things I’ve Learned from Bill Campbell”
Rob Go of NextView Ventures reviews five external pressures on seed investing, including non-institutional leads and “skipping straight to A,” in “The Biggest Threats to My Business”
Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures wonders if an algorithm could tilt the balance of bargaining power towards freelance workers in “Labor Day: Right to an API Key (Algorithmic Organizing)”
Angel Investor William Mougayar thinks the tech ecosystem is more resilient than it was in 2000 in “Why There Might Never Be Another Tech Bubble”
Gil Dibner of DFJ Esprit asks himself, “Awesome VC Deal Flow. What is it Exactly?”
From the Operators
Marc Barros of Moment cuts his teeth becoming a leader in “Being Consistent”
Gabriel Manjarrez of Mimoni narrows his core focus and outsources everything else in “Ours or Theirs?”
Benjamin De Cock of Stripe creates a UI-focused programming language for web designers in “The Educational Side of Uilang”
Jindou Lee of HappyInspector asks his employees to complete three things each week on top of their day-to-day tasks in “The Power of Three”
Chris Beams of Pivotal looks beyond the day-to-day movements in Bitcoin and identifies some leading startups in “Keeping up with Bitcoin”
Daniel Lee of CareerDean shares advice to new entrepreneurs in “25 Things I Wish I Had Known Before Founding a Startup”
From the Community
HR Consultant Carly Guthrie turns HR into a strategic hiring advantage in “Employee Onboarding at Startups Is Broken – Here’s How to Fix It”