PinnedCharles Yu·Jan 2, 2017The Ultimate Guide to Liquidation PreferencesWhether you are a venture investor or entrepreneur, you’ve most likely heard the the term “liquidation preference”. If you did not know too…A response icon18A response icon18
Charles Yu·Aug 20, 2020Upgrading Your HR Tech StackAfter working with dozens of companies, a common theme I noticed was the difficulty teams faced at the hypergrowth stage to consciously…
Charles Yu·Apr 9, 2020Framework for Assessing COVID-19’s Impact by IndustryI have read several research segments highlighting impact of COVID-19 on specific sectors but believe it would be useful to juxtapose the…
Charles Yu·Mar 2, 2017Top Cities for Most Valuable VC-Backed Software Companies in the Past DecadeAs a New York City-based venture investor who hears a considerable amount of hype around Silicon Valley startups on a regular basis, I was…
Charles Yu·Nov 2, 2016Defensibility Study: Can Spotify Hold off Apple Music?On-demand music streaming has quickly become a hot market in the past five years. Among the numerous music streaming services that have…
Charles Yu·Sep 1, 2016Transforming SDN/NFV: Why Nutanix is Set Post-IPONutanix is an enterprise infrastructure platform that provides hyperconverged solutions for virtualization of storage. They filed a S-1 in…
Charles Yu·Jul 1, 2016To Acquire a Unicorn: A Waterfall Analysis of Lyft’s (Inevitable) SaleLyft is a privately held American on-demand transportation company widely publicized as the pink-mustache rival to its competitor Uber…A response icon5A response icon5
Charles Yu·Jun 1, 2016Top SaaS Startups in New York and BostonThis post highlights a large sourcing project that I put together over a few weeks. While Silicon Valley has always reputably been the hub…
Charles Yu·Mar 1, 2016Best Free Trial Practices for B2B SaaS(Originally written as Bowery Capital Blog Post and reposted on Medium)