Startup Digest Reading List: Payment for Order Flow, Robinhood Testimony, Negotiating Instagram

Issue #143 • February 22 • View online • Suggest a link

Startup Digest Reading List

A curated list of the top stories in technology, startups, and venture capital.

Welcome back to this week’s edition of Startup Digest’s Reading List a curated list of the top stories in technology, startups, and venture capital.

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Written by Chris McCann, General Partner @ Race Capital, former Greylock Partners. More about me.

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Calling Startups in Supply Chain Innovation

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TechCrunch Released the Ultimate Guide to Pitch Decks

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Big Tech News Last Week

Not tech per se but NASA’s Perseverance rover officially landed on Mars! 🚀
[Podcast] Inside the story of why and how Facebook set up an internal “supreme court”.
A wild story about how Citibank sent a $500M payment by mistake, and courts ruled it does not need to be given back by the receiver.

Deep Dive Posts

Alex Rampell and Scott Kupor from A16Z did a great job breaking down how “payment for order flow” works in practice, a topic surrounded by misinformation.
One of the best articulations of Robinhood the company comes from their recent testimony in the House’s committee on financial services.
It’s sad but true, there is no such thing as a startup within a big company.
Fascinating recording of the back and forth conversation between Mark Zuckerberg and Kevin Systrom negotiating the $1B acquisition of Instagram.

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