Awesome interactive data included: https://public.tableau.com/views/TheMost-ReadBlog…
The blog recommendations were dominated by a few very popular blogs/newsletters:AVC by Fred Wilson
No surprise here, Wilson is a legendary investor, as the founder of hugely successful Union Square Ventures in New York. I also just discovered that AVC stands for “A Venture Capitalist,” I always assumed the “A” meant something else. What a time to be alive.
Term Sheet by Dan Primack
This one was cited by a ton of highly respected VCs and is a great quick hit of all the important things going on in the industry
Mattermark Daily by Nick Frost @Mattermark
I have to assume that the success of this newsletter has done wonders for Mattermark as a company. Good example of content marketing done right.
Ben Evans’ Newsletter by Benedict Evans
I’ve been a subscriber of this for a while, and also follow Evans’ terrific twitter feed. He’s a partner at a16z and a very smart person.
Feld Thoughts by Brad Feld
This is the only top one I had already cited in the resources section of this humble blog. He’s an incredibly successful investor (founder of the Foundry Group and TechStars) but also seems like a very good human being.
The Information by Jessica Lessin
More a full-blown media company than a blog, I like The Information a lot, and you can hear the story behind its founding on the Twenty Minute VC episode where Harry interviews Jessica!
Some of my Favorites
The top blogs on the list are obviously great. But looking through some of the other responses from Harry’s guests, I discovered some great new publications to subscribe to, including a few that weren’t as commonly cited but are terrific. Here are a few favorites among the list:
Wait But Why?
This was the blog that surprised me most with its popularity (6 guests cited it). Most of the other blogs at this level were by heavy hitters in the venture/tech world. I checked out it out, and I immediately fell in love with Wait But Why after reading the About page:
Wait But Why blog's About Section The hilarious “About” section from Wait But Why The content is terrific too, I find it a great way to ingest serious information in a light-hearted way. The posts on the recent election we held in America are pretty thoughtful and balanced, check them out.
Abnormal Returns
This one holds a special place in my heart because the author, Tadas Viskanta, featured my article on a weekly review! (To anyone reading this who has a website or a twitter account, this is a very quick way to get me to like you a lot). The content really is terrific though, and leans more towards finance than tech, so if you’re an econ/banking person it’s a good one to follow. It was cited as a favorite blog of Howard Lindzon of Social Leverage and StockTwits, and Hussein Kanji of Hoxton Ventures.
Strictly VC
I had heard of Connie Loizos (Silicon Valley editor at TechCrunch) and her blog Strictly VC but never consistently read it. Since compiling this data, I’ve subscribed and started reading it consistently. It’s a really good view of Silicon Valley from an insider’s perspective.
The Exponential View
This one was brand new to me, and is the favorite blog of Albert Wenger at Union Square Ventures. It has a great mix of content in technology, economics, math and sociology, and is also beautifully designed.
The first thing they read is other "Elite VC's blogs", because the "smart money" strategy now is to simply copy what other "Elite VCs" are doing.
Apparently so...
you're re-certified. hehe
Yessir
What do you do now? I couldn't help but notice you write many posts for WSO- are you a WSO intern?
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