From the Investors

Bruce Booth of Atlas Venture runs the numbers on funding levels for biotech startups in “Goldilocks and the Pace of Biotech Startup Creation”

Bubba Murarka of Draper Fisher Jurvetson identifies the present state of mobile advertising and looks ahead to mobile-only data mining opportunities in “The Three Phases of Mobile Advertising”

From the Operators

Marc Barros of Contour calculates a founder’s ROI across three exit scenarios in “The Value of a Founder’s Time”

Michael Calvert of Disqus emphasizes originality, origin, and opportunities for engagement in “Five Steps for Building a More Active Online Community”

Tom Creighton of Heist ditches the labels and builds a toolkit for designers-turned-managers in “A Different Animal”

Felix Salmon of Fusion interviews a friend and media mogul on “how to win the internet” in “BuzzFeed’s Jonah Peretti Goes Long”