They are one of the few Silicon Valley VCs that have been super active in Chicago, so this is especially sad. “…August Capital held its annual holiday dinner on Thursday, December 6. The mood was festive, not only because of […]
This is really cool! “Imagine an invisible button between your thumb and index fingers – you can press it by tapping your fingers together. Or a Virtual Dial that you turn by rubbing thumb against index finger. Imagine grabbing and […]
“It represents a 100 billion dollar market today, and is set to grow to nearly four times that size by 2050. It is based on a technology that has not fundamentally changed since its invention (or rather, accidental discovery) over […]
Often said to be the world’s leading accelerator program (alums include Airbnb, Dropbox, Stripe, Instacart, Coinbase), YC is a pillar of the startup community. They have a “Requests for Startups” page that highlights 25 areas of innovation that they would […]
“See how much the top companies are paying for software engineering talent by level.” Spoiler: entry level engineers at some companies are making $200k+. Imagine being 22 years old with that sort of income! | learn more
“The Boring Company’s test tunnel stretches for more than a mile under Hawthorne, California’s streets. I rode through the tunnel, and then I went to the tunnel’s welcome party. Here’s what that means for the future of LA transportation.” | […]
A presentation from a16z general partner Connie Chan. “Believe it or not, we’re still in the early days of the internet. And even though it originated in the U.S., countries like China – that leapfrogged the infrastructure phase to go […]
Bill Gurley of Benchmark wrote this post in 2012, and it rings true today. LTV is a very useful model for thinking about and evaluating a business, but it can be dangerous when misused. | learn more
The venture firm with a great content generation machine is back with data from their latest survey of founders. This year’s survey included 529 founders. | learn more
“Over the next 2 to 5 years, the world around us is about to light up with layer upon layer of rich and dynamic data that you can see and interact with. This magical future ahead is called the Spatial […]