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The future of mobile apps for news
By: Frederic Filloux
Source: Monday Note

If mobile is to become the dominant vector for news, retaining readers will be much more challenging than it is on a PC or tablet (though the latter tends to engage readers 10x or sometimes 20x more)

What the Seed Funding boom means for raising a Series A
By: Josh Kopleman
Source: FirstRound.com

The current free flowing seed stage capital is giving lots of founders a false sense of confidence when going into their Series A. As Y Combinator President Sam Altman recently tweeted, "...seed money is so easy to raise in the current environment that founders assume they can just raise more money whenever they want..."

The best think I've delegated -and what it taught me
By: Linda Lacina
Source: Entrepreneur.com

Why it is important: This short 5:30 minute video argues you must delegate because your company depends on it and accept gracefully somebody else can do it better.

Understanding "New Power"
By: Jeremey Heimans and Henry Timms
Source: Harvard Business Review

This article makes for a compelling read because it demolishes all notions of power as currently understood by business. Having done that, it articulates what the new rules of power are and helps understand the frameworks needed to operate within it.