It has been busy two months of the new year so my compilation of reads comes relatively late. Hope you will discover something  interesting for you too:

• Some thoughts on leadership – Mark Suster makes some pretty good points on sense of purpose, relationships and empowerment of people.
• The entrepreneur’s guide to surviving a tech bubble – even KPCB sees a bit of bubbly moment in startupland.
• The Templeton Compression and the Sales Ready Product – when Sequoia publishes a paper, it is a must read. I know I mentioned before but just reiterating the importance of this read.
• The phablet era – no, it is not mobile that rules, it is phablet.
• Things not to share with VCs and acquirers pre term sheet
• The downround tracker – it is not a surprise that many unicorns did not live up to expectations and this list give an excellent real-time overview of all down round valuations.

Enjoy the reads!