From the Operators
Jedidiah Yueh of Delphix finds that Silicon Valley companies may be geographically organized like an application systems map in "Where to find top talent: the systems map of Silicon Valley"
Ryan Sherlock of Intercom shares an interesting set of tactics and tools their team employs to ensure that engineers simultaneously have enough insulation to work effectively, but maintain opportunities to work closely with customers in "Why you should have skin in the engineering game"
Andrew Wilkinson of MetaLab discusses their agency model and the optimization that went into allowing a schedule with few meetings and low stress in "Growth Shouldn’t Hurt"
The teams at Owl Labs and TINYpulse have assembled data from over 1000 US-based remote workers, sharing data around challenges, management, and more in "The State of Remote Work 2017"
From the Investors
Tomasz Tunguz of Redpoint Ventures believes that if and when tax reform passes in the US, three primary motivations will drive entry into "a very acquisitive environment" in "The Latent Purchasing Power in the SaaS Acquisition Market"
Morgan Housel of Collaborative Fund reminds why the economy, business, and investing are never going to be based on a fixed set of truths in "Never Do That Again"
Andy Weissman of Union Square Ventures discusses CircleUp's new fund and how it uses machine learning techniques to decide where to invest in "Quantitative Investing in Shampoo"
Jeff Clavier of Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) reflects on 10 years of angel investing, how the fund has evolved, and what drove a branding change in "Hello Uncork Capital; Farewell SoftTech VC!"
