Riding On the Wings of Angels, VCs Avoid the So-Called Series A Crunch [TechCrunch]: “The spike in angel investments is driving the Series A crunch, not an expansion of professional seed or early-stage venture investments.”
Zuckerberg, Gates, Bezos, Page, and Brin (but no women) among world’s top 10 tech billionaires [VentureBeat]: “Not a single woman is on the top 10 billionaires list, and just one woman is in the top 11. And that is due to inheritance more than founding a company.”
Despite report, John Waters not dead [Baltimore Sun]: “A website called National Report published a would-be obituary for Waters on Wednesday, with the headline: ‘Acclaimed Cult Filmmaker, John Waters … Drops Dead at 67!’ ”
The Future of Journalism: It’s Time to Pick a Side [PandoDaily]: “Ad-supported current affairs journalism is just a horrible, thankless game. The number of page views you have to drive to escape the curse of belly fat ads would barely fit on the screen of a pocket calculator.”
Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank named one of SI’s most powerful people in sports [Baltimore Business Journal]: “Sports Illustrated thinks Barack Obama, Michael Jordan, and the head of Anheuser-Busch InBev are all less powerful than Kevin Plank, at least when it comes to sports.”
John Waters is NOT dead // Kevin Plank more powerful than Michael Jordan // No women among world’s top 10 tech billionaires [LINKS]