Service Economy Future / 7 Case Studies on Corporate VC firms / Post-Seed Gap and more

Andrew Chen, Partner at A16Z, predicts big changes to the service economy and tech startups will play a significant role in the future growth and development of new business models that disrupt regulated industries.

Scott Lenet of Touchdown Ventures & DFJ Frontier is exploring how to run corporate venture capital firms and provide value to corporate investments in “7 Case Studies on Corporate VC“.

The post-seed gap is one reason startups go out of business and the current obsession with unicorns does not help you get over this problem. (Venturebeat)

Tomasz Tunguz, Partner at Redpoint, reflects on four stages in early stage software companies and details how to create a sales compensation plan for your startup.