Insights from First Round Capital's LP Letter
First Round shared its recent LP letter. Covers public / private valuation discrepancy (and predicted convergence), valuation math...
Insights from CoVenture's LP Letter
Insights from investors (the cleanweb, new financial institutions, investing trends) --> Ali Hamed shares CoVenture's LP update letter --...
Changing SaaS valuations
3 SaaS valuation articles from J Floyd, T Tunguz and M Vellanki <> http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/08/was-black-friday-a-disaaster-or-simp...
The Benefits of IPOs & Costs of Their Absence per Mark Cuban
The economic, social and systemic benefits of IPOs and costs of their absence per Mark Cuban -- http://blogmaverick.com/2016/02/04/the-pr...
Worth building liquid reserves as illiquidity increases
Liquidity problems create wide-spread economic problems, hard to anticipate effects (given complex, impossible to see interdependencies)...
The backdrop to everything & what we prioritize
Considering the challenges / opportunities we face as a collective global society can sometimes help free us up to engage fully and help...
Pandemics -- "where the urgent has crowded out the profoundly important" -- Larry Summers
Pandemics -- a threat equal to climate change, Larry Summers. "This is an area where the urgent has crowded out the profoundly important"...
Building sound businesses doesn't go out of style
Ventures can ride waves and market momentum, but it's much more predictable and sustainable to build a sound business. More freedom of...
Paul Graham of YC on priorities
Working to prioritize the experiences that nourish us and weave the stories of our lives. From Paul Graham at YC:...
"Why ultimately am I doing this?" is a question sometimes overlooked
"Why ultimately am I doing this?" is a question sometimes overlooked in the rush & momentum of careers and ventures. Do the direction,...