Just How Correlated Are Silicon Valley Housing Prices And Venture Activity? (dive in) Capital deployed into Silicon Valley-based companies is correlated to housing prices. Additionally, deal volume may predict peaks and troughs a few years in advance. 
From the Investors Samir Kaji of First Republic Bank and Ezra Galston of Chicago Ventures cover why the Micro-VC surge will drive innovation across the US in “Micro-VC Funds in Underserved US Markets” Ash Rust of Trinity Ventures discusses how investors can hurt your company in "How to Avoid Bad Terms that Kill Startups" Aaron Harris of Y Combinator offers examples of meaningful achievements that won't automatically get you funded but will get an investor's attention in “Fundraising Isn't Predictable” Kyle Poyar of OpenView gives SaaS founders a tool for evaluating their pricing strategy in “ SaaS Pricing Maturity Calculator" Alex Clayton of Spark Capital analyzes how much fast-growing public SaaS companies charge their customers in “Contract Sizes At Public SaaS Companies” From the Operators Sam DeBrule of Canopy shares a comprehensive list of artificial intelligence resources in “The Non-Technical Guide to Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence” Jerry Colonna of Reboot joins Dave Lerner on Venture Studio to discuss the emotional side of startups, anxiety and aggression in venture capital, and the gift of your own presence in "Venture Studio Episode 35" (podcast) Lincoln Murphy of Sixteen Ventures describes how to create an incentive program for SDRs and AEs that make it worth their while to stop doing what’s just best for them in “How To Get Sales To Help Test your Ideal Customer Profile” Janessa Lantz of HubSpot outlines why sales and marketing shouldn’t own different parts of the funnel, but should own different skill sets within the funnel in “Fix Your Marketing Engine, Then Add Gasoline.” Tom Gorski of SaaSGenius goes in-depth to uncover if real product / market fit actually does or does not exist in “The Illusion of Product/Market Fit for SaaS Companies” Dana Severson of Promoter.io explains why Net Promoter Score is a core metric that every startup needs to focus on in “Start Measuring NPS” | 
