tl;dr: If your investors all look precisely the same, you aren’t doing yourself a favor. Editor’s note: Eileen Carey is the CEO of Glassbreakers, a software company building inclusion technology.… Read Full Article
tl;dr: If your startup is growing quickly and now needs PR, here are the red flags that you have to look out for. Editor’s note: This is our second post concerning… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Tech layoffs are slowing, but things aren’t that much better. Since we last discussed tech layoffs, over 20 high profile layoff announcements — LivingSocial (280 staff), 3D Robotics, and First Data… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Money is good. Here’s where to get some more. DoorDash picked up a massive $127 million Series C this week. That round was led by Sequoia. Notably, Sequoia also led the company’s $17… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Hello friendly neighborhood unicorn, let’s talk about going public. According to a recent EY report, there were zero technology IPOs in the United States during the first quarter of 2016.… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The era of bullshit is over. You need to raise now. Perhaps you shouldn’t have spent all that money. So far, in 2016, stocks are uncertain. Founders are scrambling… Read Full Article
tl;dr: When you try to do it all again, don’t fall for your own hype. Editor’s note: This is a guest post written by Micah Rosenbloom, a general partner at Founder Collective,… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Growing quickly is great and all that, but if you screw up your unit economics you might end up buying unprofitable revenue. Be careful. Editor’s Note: This is a guest… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Party rounds are not as bad as you have heard. The conventional wisdom that too many investors spoil the startup isn’t true. We’ve all heard the phrase, “Too many… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Many recent tech offerings have rebounded from painful lows. Their rally could breathe life into a stagnant IPO market. While the Mattermark blog tends to focus on private companies, we keep an… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Despite a flood of layoff news, the situation doesn’t seem terrible. Yet. Techland’s 2016 is off to a rocky start, at least according to the media. What could be… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Continuing our theme of finding new ways to discuss data, the following interactive tool is worth playing with if you want to better understand the US venture market. Not everything… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Everything you thought was true actually is, and we put it on a cool map. Where did companies raise venture dollars in the United States during 2015? If your… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Mattermark recently reported that the venture market appears to be very undead. That holds true for cybersecurity startups, for whom funding was supposed to have dried up. Unless you… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Total venture activity is up so far 2016 compared to the start of 2015, not down as you might have thought. Following years of upward movement, the startup industry is currently… Read Full Article
tl;dr: A slow IPO market and slipping sentiment among certain investors could put high-value private tech companies’ faces in a vice. There are more than 150 unicorns at the moment. Regardless of which data source… Read Full Article
tl;dr Looks like seed-stage investment is going strong. Dun dun dun! I’m surprised. It turns out that the number of seed stage rounds executed in 2015 went up compared to preceding… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Freelance journalist and editor Owen Thomas collects stories from the 2000-era tech bust. If you think that things are tough now, look back in time. This is nothing (so… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Trish Costello argues that gender balance in venture capital is bad, but changing. Here’s how she is working to change the venture industry. We all know the sorry state… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Well-known PR professional Ed Zitron has notes on how growing startups should approach public relations, what they should expect to pay, and what they should anticipate in return. Editor’s… Read Full Article
tl;dr: The market forecast is cloudy with a chance of horses. Recently on Mattermark we took a look at companies slouching towards the $1 billion valuation mark, but from the wrong… Read Full Article
tl;dr: What does the average Series A round in the world’s biggest economies say about their startup ecosystems? Most of us know some version of the story. On an October… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Tech has a habit of peddling dreck. Journalist and editor Owen Thomas returns to the Mattermark blog to remind us that time is a flat circle. Alex keeps asking… Read Full Article
tl;dr Don’t want your company to die? Here’s what to do. The startup fundraising environment is in flux, and over the past two weeks the pace of change has accelerated rapidly. Throughout… Read Full Article