Startup Reading List | August 28, 2015 |
The following articles are going supernova on the Twittersphere. Probably worth reading them over once or twice.
Enjoy!
| 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 and panels on hot tech topics with thought leaders like Fitbit founder James Park and KPCB's John Doerr, a stroll through Startup and Hardware Alley, and the iconic Startup Battlefield competition. Leave knowing you’re one step ahead of the future. #TCDisrupt SPECIAL: $1000 discount extended by ONE week! Ticket prices will rise August 28. | | Jeff Jordan, Anu Hariharan, Frank Chen, and Preethi Kasireddy "Lifetime value is the present value of the future net profit from the customer over the duration of the relationship. It helps determine the long-term value of the customer and how much net value you generate per customer after accounting for customer acquisition costs ." | | Sam Altman "When you're working on a project, you can experiment with ideas for a long time. When you have a company, the clock is ticking and people expect results. This gets to the danger with projects—a lot of people use them as an excuse to not work very hard. If you don't have the self-discipline to work hard without external pressure, projects can be a license to slack off." | | Mark Suster "Money when you find product / market fit is an extreme differentiator
And now irony sets in and I do a head check on the chart above. I know in my bones that there is a magic moment where capital plays a hugely differentiating role. As in back-up-the-truck, load on $20-30 million and let me blast the market with all I've got."
| | Alex Iskold "Raise capital when you can. Raise a little more capital, if offered. We consistently see how difficult it is to get from series seed to series A. Having a little more capital at your disposal, even at the expense of some incremental dilution might be prudent, especially in the upcoming cycle." | | | 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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