CNN Business digs into Amazon’s journey to establish itself in the services business from cleaning to installation. This is one area where I think Amazon has made more headlines than headway. | learn more
If you’re curious what sort of innovative startups are being supported by the global incubator, here’s a quick speed round of about 10 per link: Toronto, New York, Montreal, Paris, Berlin, Oslo.
Brad Feld wrote this short post about the process of letting complexity creep in to startups. “We just got it simplified – now let’s complexify it.” | learn more
Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder of the uber-successful investment firm Social Capital, which has recently been in the news for some serious drama (google it if you’re curious). Chamath is interviewed here by Jason Calacanis and shares his controversial views […]
Are you interested in the state of venture capital broadly? PitchBook and the NVCA publish this report together. | learn more
The headline for this TechCrunch article was so great I had to read it. | learn more
“In an effort to simultaneously improve and diminish public perception of the ride-sharing company, Uber announced the hiring of a top marketing and consulting firm Tuesday to help decrease awareness of their brand.” |learn more
“Whatever we propose is going to be controversial. But it’s important we do something, because everyone is unsatisfied by URLs. They kind of suck.” | learn more
Steve Blank, one of the founders of the Lean Startup movement, opines on the current state of innovation funding. He explains when lean startup methodology applies, and when it might be a good bet to throw piles of money at […]
Eric Feng from Kleiner Perkins shares interesting data and graphs about how the VC business has changed over the past 15 years. | learn more