Startup Reading List - Startup Digest - Summer Time Reads - August 14th - August 21st

Startup Reading List August 14, 2015 Hope those of you in the Northern Hemisphere are staying cool and those in the South are nice and warm. This week's edition provides a few good reads, including Chris providing insight into the drone ecosystem, a look at blockchain for beginners, understanding the dynamics between technical and business startup team members and revenue and costs. Startup Spotlight Met the founders of Deekit. Ex-Skypers that have created an awesome collaboration tool. "If you can draw a box, you can draw your team together." Try it out on the web or via the appstore. Startup Reading List Startup Digest is curated by: Zubin Chagpar - @phylosopher Contact Zubin Chagpar at zubin.chagpar@startupdigestmail.com Chris McCann - Community @ Greylock Partners Contact Chris McCann at chris@startupdigest.com Tomorrow, Today. Connecting Investors with the Hottest Startups this September 21-23 in San Francisco. TechCrunch Disrupt is the most anticipated tech event of the year coming to San Francisco this September 21-23. Come for the fireside chats with thought leaders and panels on hot tech topics, a stroll through Startup and Hardware Alley, and the iconic Startup Battlefield competition. Leave knowing you’re one step ahead of the future. #TCDisrupt Take $1000 off your ticket today. Your Long-Term Forecast - A Smart CEO Understands the Dynamics Brad Feld Brad Feld discusses revenue and costs. Drone Market Ecosystem map Chris McCann "Very interesting to see the big players in insurance — AIG and StateFarm — trying out drone insurance. I'd pay attention to Skyward." Multi-Dimensional Startup Steffen Bartschat "Engineers work best when they are on the cusp of finding a solution to an impossible problem – and when they see the respect from their business-oriented counterpart for performing these miracles.The MBA works best figuring out how to create a profitable business from the technical innovations that are presented – and when they see their engineering partner accept their feedback, making a good idea into a marketable product." Beginners Guide to Blockchain Adam Giles Six part series that dives deep into blockchain technology. Worth reviewing as we are still at the early stages of this exciting technology with lots of opportunity to be created in the coming years. Manage Subscription Submit Event View in Browser You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Startup Digest, © 2009-2015 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy.

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