03/10/15 – Tuesday AM Interest-ing Reads

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March 10, 2015 10:17 am

Is Art an Asset Class? (wealthmanagement)
Islamic State appears to be fraying from within (washingtonpost)
Private equity firms have venture capital envy. (ft)
Seven things learned as a venture capitalist. (blog.samgerstenzang)
More female angel investors are an inevitability. (techcrunch)
Apple Watch Won’t Rescue Gold Bugs (bloombergview)
Four ways to get more out of your investors. (firstround)
A big piece on the many changes affecting the venture capital industry. (institutionalinvestor)
A big piece on the many changes affecting the venture capital industry. (institutionalinvestor)
On the ‘Saasification’ of the consumer. (blog.semilshah)
Ways to get more out of your board of directors. (feld)
Feeling Nervous About a Biotech Bubble? (bloombergview)
There is a lot of competition to be the next, next Silicon Valley. (nytimes)
Lessons learned about deal sourcing. (techcrunch)
Hedge funds and Warren Buffett have suffered the same fate. (alphaarchitect)
The Six-Year Bull Market in Five Charts (blogs.wsj)
Building a social network isn’t easy. Nextdoor may have found a way. (nytimes)
Rosling: Are you ignorant about the world? (cnn)
The Hidden Messages in Corporate Conference Calls: Earnings calls supposedly present hard numbers, but listening for the right words can be much more revealing. (theatlantic)
Some startups are built not on technology but on an army of humans. (wsj)
American taxpayers should pay close attention to General Motors’ stock buyback (qz)