We’re on the cusp of a holiday, so today’s Daily is short and sweet, like a squashed piece of pumpkin pie. -- Alex

Hiring At The Biggest Unicorn Companies Shows No Signs Of Slowing (Read)

Unicorn liquidity may pick up next year, but that hasn’t stopped rapid staffing among the most valuable private companies. Which groups of unicorns are hiring the fastest and the most? Jason Rowley reports for Mattermark.

From the Investors

Harry Stebbings of 20 Minute VC interviews Eric Paley of Founder Collective, discussing the good and bad impacts of external capital in “Venture Capital Is One Hell of a Drug.”

Brian Laung Aoaeh of KEC Ventures executes a deep dive into the massive American trucking industry from a startup perspective in “Industry Study: Freight Trucking (#Startups).”

It’s a topic we’ve touched on at Mattermark as well.

TechStars released information relating to its makeup, including that it’s founders are 25 percent non-white and 19 percent female in “Diversity at Techstars Companies: 2016 Update.”

Pawel Chudzinski of Point Nine Capital explains why founders should “push back hard on complicated and aggressive liquidation preferences” in “Why Liquidation Preferences Can Make Your Startup Worse.”

From the Operators

Joe Hovde of Ramen Profitable breaks down the reading habits of successful venture capitalists in “What do Elite Venture Investors Read Every Morning?” You might spot a familiar newsletter in the mix.

Vivian Cromwell of Chop walks readers through an interesting example of app design, and user onboarding in “Purposeful Design for User Permission.”

Breaking normal Daily protocol, I’d like to take a moment to thank some of the Editorial crew at this festive juncture. Jason, for keeping our Excel skills sharp. Holden, for not allowing me to misspell “ursine.” Sonya, for her ability to get VCs to talk. And Ron, Ryan, and Max, who you should all read again here in short order. They are intelligent, lovely, and kind people