From the Investors Nic Poulos of Bowery Capital updates and expands his 115 slide presentation that evaluates the vast ecosystem of sales solutions in “The 2015 Ultimate Guide to Startup… Read Full Article
A Decade of VC Funding History: Trend Analysis 2005 to 2014 Mattermark lovingly curates a rich historical data set around venture capital funding rounds, and over the past 6 months we… Read Full Article
Research Investors In Mattermark We’ve doubled the questions you can answer with Mattermark. Now, Mattermark includes data on the entire investor ecosystem, so you can quantify and structure investor data as you need. Learn about the… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Kopelman of First Round Capital reveals a small shift in First Round’s investing strategy based on a lesson learned in the dotcom crash, his thoughts on… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jerry Neumann of Neu Venture Capital writes a thought-provoking essay on power law distributions in Venture Capital and elsewhere in “Power Laws in Venture” Benedict Evans of… Read Full Article
From the Investors Rob Go of NextView Ventures thinks that the idea of a VC ‘doing work’ should be about ‘truth seeking’ vs. finding potential reasons not to invest in… Read Full Article
From the Investors Morgan Bender, Benedict Evans, and Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz release a fifty-three slide report that showcases their thoughts and data on public markets, ‘unicorns, and ‘what’s… Read Full Article
From Mattermark Danielle Morrill of Mattermark walks through the three phases of financial indicators in startups, the current and potential future state of Mattermark’s financial metrics, and points out some common… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brett Berson of First Round Capital announces First Round Capital’s experiment to fix traditional startup advising with the STAR or ‘Short-Term Advisory Relationships’ contract in “Startup Advising… Read Full Article
From the Investors Boris Wertz of Version One Ventures describes why ‘the virtuous cycle is the holy grail for online marketplaces’ and how to achieve that cycle in “Growing a… Read Full Article
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From the Investors Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital offers an in-depth review of what he believes is going well and not going well at Twitter, how to improve their product,… Read Full Article
We Launched Our New API We are at the beginning of a data revolution, and the way businesses make sales and investment decisions are set to fundamentally change. At Mattermark, we’ve… Read Full Article
From the Investors Talia Goldberg of Bessemer Venture Partners analyses data on the change of valuations over the years, comparing revenue to EBITDA, and how this compares to public companies… Read Full Article
From the Investors Guy Turner of Hyde Park Venture Partners visualizes three cycles he says are predictable in many startups in “Wave Theory of Startups: Braving the Funding, Sales, and… Read Full Article
General & Administrative Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers releases her annual report that analyzes global internet usage, mobile adoption, public internet company market caps, disruptive consumer and… Read Full Article
From the Investors Steven Sinofsky of Andreessen Horowitz expands on ‘disruption theory’ and the story of Blackberry not anticipating the success of the iPhone in “The Lesson of ‘Don’t Forget All… Read Full Article
General & Administrative Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark… Read Full Article
From the Investors Chris Sacca of Lowercase Capital reflects on his journey as an investor in Twitter and his dedication to helping it grow in “I Bleed Aqua” Rob Go… Read Full Article
From the Investors Jonathan Drillings of Comcast Ventures details why he believes we’ll continue to see companies that use ‘mobile dynamics and cloud services / APIs’ to deliver whole products… Read Full Article
From the Investors Josh Elman of Greylock Partners and Paul Berry of RebelMouse dive into how media products create ‘front doors’ and the three audiences for any online property in… Read Full Article
Today, Acceleprise SF, will host their Cohort 2 Demo Day. Acceleprise is a 4 month SaaS accelerator program that provides early stage B2B companies access to funding, office space, world class mentors… Read Full Article
General & Administrative Welcome to G&A, a newsletter produced by the people who lovingly bring you first-person accounts of entrepreneurship, investment and insights from the startup ecosystem in The Mattermark… Read Full Article