No, Starting A Startup Is Not Cheaper Today Than Ever Before (Read) It's time to bust a few myths: It isn't much cheaper to launch a startup today than it was, too much capital can hurt your company, and, yeas, the Series A Crunch was real. Jason Rowley reports for Mattermark.
Editor's Note: scroll down to discover 10 open startup jobs Weekly Digest: Top 10 Featured Posts Beezer Clarkson of Sapphire Ventures covers VC ‘war chests’ and the decline in first time fund creation in “The Twenty Minute VC: Beezer Clarkson” (podcast) Gil Dibner notes the total VC volume in Europe and Israel was down 24% in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the second quarter in his 49 slide deck in “3Q16 VC Data for Europe & Israel” Willy Braun of daphni shares his discoveries about how due diligence are actually made in the VC industry and how he tries to improve his process in “The Hard Truth Behind Investing as a VC” Sarah Tavel of Greylock Partners publishes her presentation on why she thinks American millennials have a burning need for new financial products, and why the timing is ripe for a new generation of startups in “Saving People Money, Fintech Edition” Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz outlines two tests investors run on entrepreneurs before working with them in “Marc Andreessen at YC Startup School” (video) Sarahjane Sacchetti of Collective Health encourages startup leaders to take steps now to support their business by supporting their people in “The Family-Friendly Startup is Possible. Here’s How You Build One.” Laura Roeder of MeetEdgar describes how adding structure helps employees spend time doing what you hired them for, and less time trying to figure out how in “How “Empowering” Your Team Is Stressing Everyone Out” David Cancel of Drift pens an interesting article on SaaS pricing, discussing why his company took “non-consumption off the table” with a free tier in “How We're Thinking About Pricing" Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media explores what happens when you unpack your emotional baggage and you realize the unexpected effect that it has been having on your team in “StartUp Podcast: Shadowed Qualities” Tren Griffin of Microsoft outlines a dozen insights he’s learned about multi-sided markets in “Platforms” Blood, Sweat and Years: Raising Money As A Deep Learning Startup Deep learning startups are in vogue, but that doesn’t mean fundraising is easy. Here are the pitfalls startups should avoid to get funded and build a business.
How Blind Hiring Can Make Your Company More Inclusive (read more) It’s widely known that technology’s diversity problem is daunting, and immediate. Today, Dr. Frida Polli, counder of Pymetrics digs into one way that companies are diversifying their workforce. It’s required reading for founders. Startup Job Openings Fivestars - Growth Marketing - Paid Acquisition Manager in San Francisco. DoorDash - Business Operations Associate in San Francisco. Always Hired - Head of Demand Gen Marketing in San Francisco. Creandum - Venture Capital Intern in San Francisco. ZeroCater - Vice President of Sales in San Francisco. Bounce Exchange - Digital Marketing Manager in New York City. Headout - Business Development in New York City. Future Labs - General Manager of Data Future Lab in New York City. Originate - Managing Director in Los Angeles. Want to feature a job next Sunday? Reply or email Nick with a link. | 