In Case You Missed It: Launch Links - Week of November 13, 2016
- 11.18.2016
Some interesting links we found across the web this week:
Startups
Are Surviving Longer Than Ever
Three new market reports caught our eye this week. First, via Fast Company, the Kauffman Foundation’s annual survey shows
encouraging signs for small businesses generally, including rising five-year
survival rates and increased minority entrepreneurship. Of course, the
statistics aren’t specific to tech , but they may still be influential
in broad-based policy discussions that affect the community. Click through to the survey itself for state- and city-level breakdowns.
The
Surprising State of Equity Crowdfunding Post-JOBS Act
Second, after six months of full effectiveness, equity
has now generated enough of a sample size for the first useful
reports on early adoption. As we’ve covered elsewhere,
equity can be an expensive experiment. Watch this space in
the new administration—it remains to be seen whether current regulatory
hurdles for companies will be loosened or eliminated.
Turning
One Thousand Customers into One Million
And finally, great insights and a new survey from Harvard
Business School on how to scale the right way.
What
I Look for in Candidates Interviewing at My Startup
If you’ve just raised a round of investment, you’re probably
hiring like crazy! We found these quick, practical tips from the Harvard
Business Review on how to spot the talent you need.
Peer-to-Peer
Lending -- Balancing Investor Supply With Entrepreneur Demand
And if you’re struggling to attract investors, the
alternative model of peer-to-peer lending wants your attention! Forbes
has a nice primer for the uninitiated.
Open Source and
Coopetition are the New Normal
It was once unimaginable, but tech titans and open source
nonprofits are banding together like never before. TechCrunch has
a few thoughts on the culture change—click through to their links for even
more.
Links compiled by Jared Brenner.
