It’s Monday, the markets are down, it’s probably raining in London, and no one knows what’s coming next in the worlds of startups and finance. Welcome back to the work… Read Full Article
Twilio opened at $23.99 today, 60 percent over its above-range $15 per-share price set following its roadshow. The telecom API provider raised $150 million selling 10 million shares, not including the potential… Read Full Article
From the Investors Aaron Harris of Y Combinator highlight the key motivations and structures of each of the types of investors you are likely to encounter in “Investors and Their… Read Full Article
tl;dr: Let’s make some numbers together. In the pre-Twilio era, only dogs were allowed to use telecom services. Twilio priced its IPO at $15 per share this evening, ahead of… Read Full Article
A Tesla Model S poses in front of the tail-end of a non-margin contributive former unicorn’s death arc. It’s a delightful morning if you don’t own shares in Tesla. The… Read Full Article
As it’s Monday morning you get bonus points in my books for just making it into the office. Especially if you are a fan of what turned out to be… Read Full Article
tl;dr Twilio’s proposed IPO pricing values it close to its last private round. Why is that the case? A Twilio spokesperson demonstrates an everyday usecase for telecommunications APIs. Twilio proposed a… Read Full Article
Happy Friday, nerdlets, another work week is successfully in the bag. That’s provided, of course, that HR doesn’t shepherd you into a conference room during lunch to inform you of… Read Full Article
tl;dr: It is early. Good morning, fellow nerds. It’s coffee time here on the West Coast, but don’t worry about an empty pot. Your developers are probably just now arriving… Read Full Article
Welcome to the first Mattermark Editor’s Note, a mostly-regular morning brief highlighting trends and notes that do not quite fit into a tweet, but also don’t require a full post of their own… Read Full Article
Editor’s note: Scott Maxwell is the Senior Managing Director of Boston-based venture capital firm OpenView. Investors tend to run for cover when markets slow down. And with the recent devaluation… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group shares his approach for making professional decisions in “Try On The Decision For 30 Days” Jeffrey Carter of West Loop Ventures talks… Read Full Article
tl;dr: IPOs are going to be quiet for a little while, but they’ll be back and they’ll be even bigger and better than before (hopefully). Editor’s note: Barrett Daniels is the CEO… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Skok of Matrix Partners covers how to measure customer happiness and actively manage your business to reduce churn in “Managing Customer Success to Reduce Churn” Mahesh… Read Full Article
tl;dr: We have enough time series data to call a slowdown in VC funding. It’s been 3 months since the February 5th stock market swoon that solidified the fears of many… Read Full Article
From the Investors Brad Feld of Foundry Group encourages founders building a hardware-based business to get to know other founders who have built similar successful businesses at scale and go… Read Full Article
From the Investors Simon Rothman of Greylock Partners uses Uber as an example to show how cash was used singlehandedly to drive scale and growth during the “steroid era” between… Read Full Article
From the Investors Phil Orr of Sapphire Ventures takes a look at the state of the public markets and how they may impact private SaaS companies in “What’s Happening to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures explains that losing money is part of being an investor and summarizes the things you can do to manage your losses… Read Full Article
From the Investors David Cummings of Atlanta Ventures highlights nine SaaS IPOs and the Founder/CEO equity percentage at time of filing in “SaaS Founder/CEO Equity at Time of IPO” Shai… Read Full Article
From the Investors Paul Bennetts of AirTree VC analyzes Etsy’s first year as a public company in “Life in Full View: Etsy One Year on From IPO” Sam Altman of… Read Full Article
Today we release of the second annual Venture Capital & Startup Traction Report (40 slides) which is available for immediate download here. This report analyzes venture funding trends for US startups from 2006 to… Read Full Article
From the Investors Mahesh Vellanki of Redpoint Ventures talks about parallel market environments and how some spaces like food delivery evolve very differently across markets in “Food Delivery In Europe… Read Full Article
From the Investors Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures welcomes the tougher startup environment, as he says, ‘it will make all of us better’ in “When the Going Gets Tough,… Read Full Article