From the Investors

Peter Levine and Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz describe the software-led transformation of the datacenter in “Datacenter of the Future”

Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures responds to Marc Andreessen about the purpose of the seed round before spelling out the function of each round in “What Seed Financing is For”

Reid Hoffman of Greylock Partners likens companies to teams, prioritizing performance, selflessness, and loyalty, in “Your Company is Not a Family”

Arvind Sodhani of Intel Capital sits down with StrictlyVC to discuss its international and stage-agnostic approach to investing in “The Giant that is Intel Capital”

Bilal Zuberi of Lux Capital sifts through the necessary ingredients and offers his help as a sous-chef in “Startup Sausage-Making: From Idea to Company”

From the Operators

Alex Payne, formerly of Twitter, refutes Marc Andreessen’s post about the economic and societal effects of technology in “Dear Marc Andreessen”

Kyle Samani of Pristine explores the opportunities for startups in Apple’s Healthkit in “Understanding Apple Health”

Abhi Nemani of GovDelivery pushes for open data to be more than “just a box we check” in “Open Data as a Means with Many Ends”

Josh Pigford of Baremetrics underscores the importance of measuring churn—and offers a suggestion to reduce it—in “Slaying the Churn Beast”