Which startups should you look out for in 2020? Our partners, Kent Bennett, Talia Goldberg, Brian Feinstein, Byron Deeter, and Ethan Kurzweil believe these five startups are gaining momentum. businessinsider.com/venture-capita…

Recently accepted by #QJE: “The Rise of Market Power and the Macroeconomic Implications,” by De Loecker, Eeckhout (Jan Eeckhout), and Unger: economics.harvard.edu/files/economic…

We're so excited about Toast's mission to make life easier for restaurants and their stakeholders🍞😍

B2B commerce is massive ($100T+) and largely offline. At Bessemer, we're excited to partner with founders building the next generation of B2B marketplaces. bit.ly/b2bmarketplaces

B2B Marketplaces are on the rise again. The last time this happened it was the year 2000. This time it should end better! bit.ly/2T9zZ30

State of the Cloud 2020 📖— macro trends, growth strategies for founders, predictions, and why we believe the future is forged in the cloud. bvp.com/atlas/state-of…

I knew y'all would come around wsj.com/articles/crocs…

I for one welcome our new monetary overlord

*Still* early days for the internet's impact on productivity and growth. noahpinion.substack.com/p/distributed-…

It costs too much to build infrastructure in the US, and it's really hard to fix something you can't measure. vox.com/22534714/rail-…

It's hard to fix something you can't measure! The first step is digitizing timesheets, payments, and job costing. Miter

With $1T+ flowing into public infrastructure in the coming years, we urgently need to: 1. Define what construction productivity means 2. Adopt the tools necessary to measure productivity (Miter) 3. Hold funding agencies accountable 4. Increase access to public works projects

Market top techcrunch.com/2021/11/18/ed-…

New Screenshot Essays today: Shopify, Toast, Brex, and the rise of Vertical Fintech

Cloud valuations are...not great. And they were never a great way to measure the health of the Cloud anyway. That’s why in this year's report we’re introducing the Centaur (or maybe Cent-ARR?), a new club for $100M ARR SaaS businesses. Bessemer bessemervp.team/3MQhbjh

Happy birthday Typescript! devblogs.microsoft.com/typescript/ten…

The Check team should feel proud about putting customers first and handling a perilous situation with preparation, agility, generosity, and constant communication. It has made a big difference with our customers and their teams.

Great Stagnation is over

Shoutout big brain (pun intended) Miter engineers Alex Blostein and Anish for building Miter's internal brain.