Venture Capital Hacks:
Little Italy — Startup hub
howardlindzon, founder and Chairman of StockTwits, Inc. is been running StockTwits, Inc. from his office in Little Italy (downtown San Diego about 4 minutes from the airport) for the past 6 months, Howard says Little italy has a great potentially of becoming a startup hub in the near future:
I like to look at charts and talk to people. Prices are pretty much the only thing that make sense to me. While the…howardlindzon.com
From the investors:
Fred Wilson of Union Square Venture thinks that the tech sector is having a “standoff” with the public market and it could go on for a while longer, maybe for most or all of this year:
The NY Times suggests that the reason there have been no tech IPOs in the past quarter is that the tech sector is…avc.com
Chris Dixon, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, walks us through the process of their recent investment in Comma.ai., an autonomous car kit startup:
I wrote a blog post last month highlighting some of the exciting trends in the computing industry. One trend I…medium.com
Amit Mukherjee, VC at New Enterprise Associates, cites a number of data points that illustrate the downturn and offers his own observations on how the tech sector arrived at this moment, and where we might go:
With Q1 2016 nearly in the books, it's obvious that the tech sector is experiencing a downturn. Having been on the…www.amitmeditates.com
From the Operators:
Brandon Chu, director of product Shopify, talk about the skills and the knowledge required to successfully manage a product:
You’ve probably seen this diagram before. It elegantly shows that product management is the intersection of a diverse…medium.com
Larry Kim, founder and CTO of WordStream, lists his 13 apps that helps in maximizing business productivity:
Being more productive is especially crucial in the first 90 days of the year.medium.com
Christian Thurston of Gigster outlines a few things you should keep in mind to make the most out of the experience of working at a startup and how to set yourself up to create the most value:
In the past 6 months Gigster has grown rapidly - so much so that we were recently featured in the following Tweet…gigster.com
Startups:
Schoold, San Francisco-based college planning startup whose app helps students with the college admissions process, including through side-by-side college comparisons and an admissions predictor, has raised $4.5 million in funding from FastForward:
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Hungama, Mumbai, India-based video and music streaming service, has raised $25 million in new funding led by the Apple competitor Xiaomi, with participation from earlier investors Intel Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and billionaire investor and trader Rakesh Jhunjhunwala:
Xiaomi has furthered its push into India after completing its first investment in the country. The Chinese smartphone…techcrunch.com
Top startups in Asia that raised funding round last week:
Here's our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story…www.techinasia.com
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