From the Investors

Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures highlights ‘moonshot’ products and founders in response to uBeam naysayers in “The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups“

Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures guides entrepreneurs in identifying a framework for evaluating pricing in “The 7 factors to Consider When Pricing Your Startup’s Product“

Reid Hoffman of Greylock Partners offers his insight on leadership qualities and personality characteristics of founders to Stanford University and Y Combinator’s How To Start A Startup class in “How To Be A Great Founder“

Jonathan Friedman of LionBird Ventures sees an increase in new tools and strategies VCs use to find early ‘unicorn’ startups in “A Recipe for VC ‘Edge’“

Kevin Colleran of General Catalyst Partners shares a Dropbox file of his first Facebook advertising sales deck from 2005 in this tweet.

Mike Abbott of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Connie Loizos of StrictlyVC discuss opportunities in deep learning software and his side projects in “Kleiner’s Mike Abbott on (Probably) Not Starting Another Company“

Roberto Bonanzinga of Balderton Capital debates the importance of kids learning to code vs. learning product design with Murat Mutlu of Marvel in “Let’s Not Teach Our Kids to Code!“

Angel Investor Joanne Wilson sees a future with more people using high speed trains, shared rides and electric scooters (Scoots to be exact) in “The Future of Transportation“

From the Operators

Danielle Morrill of Mattermark shares how Mattermark can be used to research a ‘hyper-targeted group of companies’ in “Mattermark is ‘Perfect for Sales Prospecting’“

Dane McDonald of FG Press encourages founders to be more aware of the meaningful things in their life in “What Matters Most“

Jessica Alter of FounderDating lists and compares the top twenty vertical interests by ‘biz’, designer, and engineering entrepreneurs in “The Hardest Verticals to Find Complimentary Co-Founders“

Jason Cohen of WP Engine outlines his thoughts on the consequences of various monthly pricing plans in “Pricing Determines Your Business“

Julie Zhuo of Facebook poses eight yes or no questions to help you determine if you’re ‘owning Problem X’; her definition of leadership in “Owning It“

Rajen Sanghvi of ShopLocket summarizes Reid Hoffman’s recent presentation at Stanford University and Y Combinator’s How To Start A Startup Class in “26 Quotes from Reid Hoffman on How To Be A Great Founder“

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