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 startups, but they may still be influential in broad-based
policy discussions that affect the startup 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 crowdfunding
has now generated enough of a sample size for the first useful
reports on early adoption. As we've covered
elsewhere, equity crowdfunding 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.
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