Some problems are so hard they need to be solved piece by piece
Andrew Parker had a great post a few years ago where he sketched out all the startups going after pieces of Craigslist: Startups that have…
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VCs are experts at analyzing industries and identifying new opportunities, which is why it’s odd that the VC industry itself has so…
Agency problems
“Agency problems” are what economists call situations where a person’s interests diverge from his or her firm’s interests. Large companies…
The economic logic behind tech and talent acquisitions
There’s been a lot of speculation lately about why big companies spend millions of dollars acquiring startups for their technology or talent…
Regulatory hacks
A common way to think of business regulations is by analogy to sports: the rules are specified up front, and the players follow the rules…
The rise of enterprise marketing
Building an enterprise software company used to be largely about sales, because enterprise software was sourced and purchased by high-level…