From the Investors
Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures believes the public tech companies’ cash reserves of $430B and ‘huge pressure for growth’ will fuel startup M&A in 2015 in “The Acquisition Environment for Startups in 2015“
Brad Feld of Foundry Group says the deals in Q1 2015 will be ‘easy and immediate’ or a ‘long slow slog through arbitrary reasons to pass’ in “Get Ready for Q115 Fundraising Insanity“
Andy Rachleff of Wealthfront explains the dynamic of first and second-tier VCs investing in ‘Gorillas, Chimps and Monkeys’ in “Demystifying Venture Capital Economics, Part 3“
Shivon Zilis of Bloomberg Beta provides her research on the landscape of 2,529 ‘machine intelligence’ related startups in “The Current State of Machine Intelligence“
Shruti Gandhi formerly of True Ventures sees the ‘trust people have in a company’ as the angle a company can leverage to grow outside of the US in “Export from America – Trust“
Nic Brisbourne of Forward Partners shares the Forward Partners Culture Deck to guide founders and VCs in developing their company culture in “Making Forward Partners a Company We Are Proud of: Our Culture“
From the Operators
Nick Denton of Gawker Media opens up about his company goals, stepping down as President and new management changes, saying ‘I am excited for 2015’ in “2015: Back to Blogging“
Neil Murray of The Nordic Web finds the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Finland with the most tech coverage in Europe in “Analysis: Europe’s Top Startup Countries, as Depicted by Europe’s Tech Media“
Sam Parr of Hustle Con explains how Jack Smith of Vungle built an automated hiring process with online tools and Craigslist in “How to Automate the Hiring Process in 3 Steps“
Mike Mason of Gladmen guides entrepreneurs in building a strong network and how to ‘connect with people in a professional setting’ in “The Disconnected Professional“