Every source cited in the book, as a stable short link.
go.speedstrapping.com/20vc-david-frankel20VC — David Frankel: The AI Boom Will Create Enormous Roadkillwww.thetwentyminutevc.comgo.speedstrapping.com/a16z-babe-ruthPerformance Data and the ‘Babe Ruth’ Effect in Venture Capital | Andreessen Horowitza16z.comgo.speedstrapping.com/acquired-morris-changAcquired: TSMC Founder Morris Changwww.acquired.fmgo.speedstrapping.com/ai-productivity-evidenceAI, Productivity, and Labor Markets: A Review of the Empirical Evidencelaweconcenter.orggo.speedstrapping.com/ai-valuations-pre-chatgptCNBC: 'Disrupted or Dead' — AI Is Crushing a Generation of Startupswww.cnbc.comgo.speedstrapping.com/airtable-acquiredBending Spoons: Agreement to Acquire Airtable for $1.285 Billioninvestors.bendingspoons.comgo.speedstrapping.com/airtable-series-fAirtable: Series Fwww.airtable.comgo.speedstrapping.com/antic-launchFuture Motion Launches Antic, a Reimagined 1970s Mini-Bikewww.prnewswire.comgo.speedstrapping.com/arturo-nearspaceArturo welcomes Near Space Labswww.businesswire.comgo.speedstrapping.com/ascend-elements-bankruptcyAscend Elements Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcywww.recyclingtoday.comgo.speedstrapping.com/azure-model-routerMicrosoft: Model router with GPT-5/6 familylearn.microsoft.comgo.speedstrapping.com/boosted-layoffsBoosted Lays Off Most of Its Staffelectrek.cogo.speedstrapping.com/california-sb54California SB 54 Explainedwww.paramountglobal.comgo.speedstrapping.com/calrecycle-eprCalRecycle: SB 54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Actcalrecycle.ca.govgo.speedstrapping.com/cap-table-waterfallSpeedstrap: cap tables, exit waterfall, and the code behind themspeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/capstack-compassCapStack Compass — climate credit provider directoryspeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-benchmarks-2026Carta: VC fundraising benchmarks 2026carta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-cap-tableCarta Learn: what is a cap tablecarta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-founder-ownershipCarta: Founder ownershipcarta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-founder-ownership-2026Carta: Founder Ownership Report 2026carta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-fund-performance-q4-2025Carta: VC Fund Performance, Q4 2025carta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-ipo-insightsMorgan Stanley: Carta founder IPO insightswww.morganstanley.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-pre-seed-2025Carta: State of Pre-Seed, 2025 in reviewcarta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-pre-seed-q2-26Carta: State of Pre-Seed Q2 2026carta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-private-markets-q1-2026Carta: State of Private Markets, Q1 2026carta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-private-markets-q4-2025Carta: State of Private Markets, 2025 in Reviewcarta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-record-valsCarta: record-setting early-stage valuationscarta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-safe-caps-q2-26Carta: SAFE valuation caps Q2 2026carta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-seed-20-percentCarta: seed dilution stays 20 percentcarta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/carta-tender-h1-2026Carta — Tender Offer Update H1 2026carta.comgo.speedstrapping.com/cfr-13-120-80113 CFR 120.801: SBA 504 project financingwww.law.cornell.edugo.speedstrapping.com/cfr-13-120-91013 CFR 120.910: SBA 504 borrower contributionwww.law.cornell.edugo.speedstrapping.com/clearcoClearco — Ecommerce Funding for DTC Brandswww.clear.cogo.speedstrapping.com/clearco-invoice-fundingClearco: Invoice Funding Eligibility Requirementshelp.clear.cogo.speedstrapping.com/cost-of-friendshipNBER: The Cost of Friendship (w18141)www.nber.orggo.speedstrapping.com/cycleCYCLE — E-bikes for deliverywww.cycle.ecogo.speedstrapping.com/cycle-businessCYCLE — Delivery fleet management for businesswww.cycle.ecogo.speedstrapping.com/default-alive-or-deadPaul Graham: Default Alive or Default Dead?paulgraham.comgo.speedstrapping.com/dutch-lionDutch Lion Agdutchlionag.techgo.speedstrapping.com/editorial-standardSpeedstrap: How This Book Was Written — The Editorial Standardspeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/enduring-planet-12mcitybiz: Enduring Planet $12M climate debt fundwww.citybiz.cogo.speedstrapping.com/enduring-planet-faqEnduring Planet: FAQswww.enduringplanet.comgo.speedstrapping.com/enduring-planet-fpcFootPrint Coalition: Enduring Planet grant advanceswww.footprintcoalition.comgo.speedstrapping.com/enduring-planet-grantPR Newswire: Enduring Planet grant advanceswww.prnewswire.comgo.speedstrapping.com/enduring-planet-termsEnduring Planet: funding and termswww.enduringplanet.comgo.speedstrapping.com/fc-ethosFounder Collective: Ethosfoundercollective.comgo.speedstrapping.com/fc-exit-scorecardUnicorn Lists Are Prediction Markets. This List Is a Scorecard. | Founder Collectivefoundercollective.comgo.speedstrapping.com/fc-startup-exitsFounder Collective: Two Years of Startup Exitsfoundercollective.comgo.speedstrapping.com/firm-data-on-aiNBER: Firm Data on AI (w34836)www.nber.orggo.speedstrapping.com/four-runways-modelSpeedstrap: the four-runways runway modelspeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/fsb-private-creditFinancial Stability Board report (P060526)www.fsb.orggo.speedstrapping.com/future-motion-crunchbaseFuture Motion on Crunchbasewww.crunchbase.comgo.speedstrapping.com/investor-ownership-modelSpeedstrap: the investor ownership arithmetic cap tablespeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/ipo-long-run-returnsRitter: Long-Run Returns on IPOssite.warrington.ufl.edugo.speedstrapping.com/irc-section-4126 U.S. Code § 41 — Credit for Increasing Research Activitieswww.law.cornell.edugo.speedstrapping.com/irs-rd-payroll-creditIRS: Qualified Small Business Payroll Tax Credit for Increasing Research Activitieswww.irs.govgo.speedstrapping.com/jawbone-overfundingJawbone's Demise: Death by Overfunding in Silicon Valleywww.cnbc.comgo.speedstrapping.com/jensen-letter-tsmcJensen Huang's Letter to Morris Chang and the TSMC Partnershipwww.benzinga.comgo.speedstrapping.com/jensen-mindsetJensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA (Root Access)www.ycrootaccess.comgo.speedstrapping.com/jensen-mindset-videoJensen Huang: The Mindset That Built NVIDIA (Y Combinator, video)www.youtube.comgo.speedstrapping.com/jensen-turning-pointJensen Huang Revisits Nvidia's Biggest Turning Pointwww.benzinga.comgo.speedstrapping.com/juicero-shutdownCNN: Juicero shuts downmoney.cnn.comgo.speedstrapping.com/kauffman-met-the-enemyKauffman: We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Uswww.kauffman.orggo.speedstrapping.com/kickfurtherKickfurther — CPG Inventory Fundingwww.kickfurther.comgo.speedstrapping.com/kingmakingKingmaking and the Limits of External Conviction99d.substack.comgo.speedstrapping.com/lbnl-interconnection-queuesBerkeley Lab: Queued Up — Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnectionemp.lbl.govgo.speedstrapping.com/lbnl-queued-2026Berkeley Lab: Queued Up, 2026 Editionemp.lbl.govgo.speedstrapping.com/levels-of-autonomyLevels of Autonomy for AI Agents (arXiv 2506.12469)arxiv.orggo.speedstrapping.com/li-cycle-bankruptcyLi-Cycle Battery Recycling Bankruptcy and the Glencore Bidwww.recyclingtoday.comgo.speedstrapping.com/lighter-capitalLighter Capital — How It Workswww.lightercapital.comgo.speedstrapping.com/lighter-capital-applyApply for Startup Financing | Lighter Capitalwww.lightercapital.comgo.speedstrapping.com/linear-sharing-growthLinear — Sharing growth with the people building Linearlinear.appgo.speedstrapping.com/llm-inference-pricesEpoch AI: LLM Inference Prices Have Fallen Rapidly but Unequally Across Tasksepoch.aigo.speedstrapping.com/llm-routers-2026Braintrust: LLM routers 2026www.braintrust.devgo.speedstrapping.com/magic-leap-failureWhy Magic Leap Failed: AR Hype Exceeded the Product's Capabilitieswww.bloomberg.comgo.speedstrapping.com/mba-vc-edgePoets & Quants: MBA programs and VC performancepoetsandquants.comgo.speedstrapping.com/moodys-private-credit-2026Moody's: Private Credit Outlook 2026www.moodys.comgo.speedstrapping.com/morris-chang-autobiographyTSMC Founder Morris Chang's Autobiography, Part 2techsoda.substack.comgo.speedstrapping.com/nber-ai-workNBER: Generative AI at Work (w31161)www.nber.orggo.speedstrapping.com/nearspace-betterviewNear Space Labs and Betterview partnershipmedium.comgo.speedstrapping.com/neo-taxNeo.Tax — AI x Taxwww.neo.taxgo.speedstrapping.com/nngroupNielsen Norman Groupwww.nngroup.comgo.speedstrapping.com/nngroup-chatgpt-productivityNN/g: ChatGPT Lifts Business Professionals' Productivity and Improves Work Qualitywww.nngroup.comgo.speedstrapping.com/nrel-atb-2024-financeNREL ATB 2024: financial cases and methodsatb.nrel.govgo.speedstrapping.com/nrel-pv-finance-2018NREL/TP-6A20-72037: PV project finance terms, 2018www.nrel.govgo.speedstrapping.com/nvidia-ai-financingNVIDIA: AI Compute Infrastructure Financing Platforms to Mobilize Over $500 Billionnvidianews.nvidia.comgo.speedstrapping.com/nvidia-britannicaNVIDIA Corporation — Britannica Moneywww.britannica.comgo.speedstrapping.com/nvidia-gpu-companyAcquired: Nvidia Part I — The GPU Company (1993-2006)www.acquired.fmgo.speedstrapping.com/nvidia-ownershipNVIDIA's Ownership Structure (Top Shareholders)eqvista.comgo.speedstrapping.com/nvidia-sega-kotakuNvidia Thanks Sega for the $5M Investment That Saved Itkotaku.comgo.speedstrapping.com/nvidia-sega-reunionNvidia's Jensen Huang Reunites with the Sega Exec Who Saved the Companywww.videogameschronicle.comgo.speedstrapping.com/onewheelOnewheel — Future Motiononewheel.comgo.speedstrapping.com/onewheel-kickstarterOnewheel: The Self-Balancing Electric Skateboard (Kickstarter)www.kickstarter.comgo.speedstrapping.com/onewheel-recall-cbsFuture Motion Recalls All Onewheel Boards After Four Deaths (CBS)www.cbsnews.comgo.speedstrapping.com/onewheel-recall-nprOnewheel E-Skateboard Recall (NPR)www.npr.orggo.speedstrapping.com/onrampOnramp Fundswww.onrampfunds.comgo.speedstrapping.com/onramp-rbf-checklistOnramp: Checklist to Qualify for Revenue-Based Financingwww.onrampfunds.comgo.speedstrapping.com/onramp-rbf-guideOnramp Funds: step-by-step RBF guidewww.onrampfunds.comgo.speedstrapping.com/overfunding-foie-grasCB Insights: The Foie Gras'ing of Startupswww.cbinsights.comgo.speedstrapping.com/ownership-gap-modelSpeedstrap: the ownership-gap cap tables, round by roundspeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/park-diamond-helmetRed Dot Design Award: Park & Diamond Helmetwww.red-dot.orggo.speedstrapping.com/plaw-119-83Public Law 119-83www.congress.govgo.speedstrapping.com/price-of-progressThe Price of Progress: Price Performance and the Future of AI (arXiv 2511.23455)arxiv.orggo.speedstrapping.com/pwc-private-creditPwC: Private Credit Surveywww.pwc.comgo.speedstrapping.com/raspberry-pi-launchThe Raspberry Pi Launchwww.raspberrypi.comgo.speedstrapping.com/revivnRevivn — Old hardware, new purposewww.revivn.comgo.speedstrapping.com/revivn-crunchbaseRevivn on Crunchbasewww.crunchbase.comgo.speedstrapping.com/robotRobot.com — robots for now, not somedaywww.robot.comgo.speedstrapping.com/s1884-s3971-signedCongressional Bills S.1884 and S.3971 Signed Into Lawwww.whitehouse.govgo.speedstrapping.com/sbirSBIR/STTR — America's Seed Fundwww.sbir.govgo.speedstrapping.com/sendcutsendSendCutSend: $1B Commitment to U.S. Manufacturingsendcutsend.comgo.speedstrapping.com/sendcutsend-crunchbaseSendCutSend on Crunchbasewww.crunchbase.comgo.speedstrapping.com/shopify-capital-eligibilityShopify Capital: Eligibilityhelp.shopify.comgo.speedstrapping.com/shopify-capital-webinarUnlocking Growth: Scale Your Business with Funding through Shopify Capitalwww.shopify.comgo.speedstrapping.com/solo-founders-reportSolo Founders: The State of Solo Founding (Dec 2025)solofounders.comgo.speedstrapping.com/stanford-ai-index-2025Stanford HAI: 2025 AI Index Reporthai.stanford.edugo.speedstrapping.com/stripe-capitalStripe Capital — Loans and Cash Advances for Small Businessesstripe.comgo.speedstrapping.com/stripe-capital-how-it-worksHow Stripe Capital Worksdocs.stripe.comgo.speedstrapping.com/stripe-capital-launchStripe Launches Stripe Capitalstripe.comgo.speedstrapping.com/submit-a-caseSpeedstrap: companion resources and case submissionspeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/swellcycleSwellcycle — Sustainable 3D-Printed Boardsswellcyclesurfboards.comgo.speedstrapping.com/terrell-byte-shopRR Auction: Paul Terrell and the Byte Shop ordercontent.rrauction.comgo.speedstrapping.com/tesla-10k-2013Tesla Motors 2013 Form 10-Kwww.sec.govgo.speedstrapping.com/tesla-424b4-2010Tesla Motors 2010 Final Prospectus (424B4)www.sec.govgo.speedstrapping.com/tesla-s1-2010Tesla Motors S-1/A, Amendment No. 6 (2010)www.sec.govgo.speedstrapping.com/the-split-podcastThe Split — podcastthespl.itgo.speedstrapping.com/third-sphereThird Spherethirdsphere.comgo.speedstrapping.com/token-stack-calculatorSpeedstrap: token stack worked example and blank calculatorspeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/ts-casesThird Sphere — Speedstrapping case librarythirdsphere.comgo.speedstrapping.com/ts-impact-2025Third Sphere: 2025 portfolio impact reportthirdsphere.notion.sitego.speedstrapping.com/two-paths-three-exitsSpeedstrap: one company, both paths, three exitsspeedstrapbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/usbank-equipmentU.S. Bank: commercial equipment financingwww.usbank.comgo.speedstrapping.com/usv-two-new-fundsTechCrunch: Union Square Ventures secures $429M across two new fundstechcrunch.comgo.speedstrapping.com/vanmoof-bankruptcyE-Bike Brand VanMoof Declared Bankruptwww.cyclingnews.comgo.speedstrapping.com/vc-does-not-scaleWhy Venture Capital Does Not Scale (2023 Update)sante.comgo.speedstrapping.com/vc-ma-outlook-2025PitchBook: Q2 2025 US VC-backed M&A outlookfiles.pitchbook.comgo.speedstrapping.com/vc-portfolio-strategyToptal: Guide to Venture Capital Portfolio Strategywww.toptal.comgo.speedstrapping.com/wastedWasted* PBC — Sustainable Waste Managementwasted.earthgo.speedstrapping.com/wasted-crunchbaseWasted on Crunchbasewww.crunchbase.comgo.speedstrapping.com/wayflyer-rbfWayflyer: revenue-based finance guidewayflyer.comgo.speedstrapping.com/wayflyer-requirementsWayflyer: Requirements to Get Fundinghelp-center.wayflyer.comgo.speedstrapping.com/where-did-you-go-to-schoolWhere Did You Go to School?medium.comgo.speedstrapping.com/wonderfilWonderfilwonderfil.worldgo.speedstrapping.com/wrights-lawWright's Law Explorer — 98 Technologies & The Global Learning Ratecarbonfinancelab.comgo.speedstrapping.com/zacka-add-lightnessZacka — Simplify, then add lightnessblog.zacka.iogo.speedstrapping.com/zacka-blogZacka — blogblog.zacka.iogo.speedstrapping.com/zocdoc-milestoneZocdoc — A milestone for the teamwww.zocdoc.comgo.speedstrapping.com/zombie-unicornsThe Economist: Zombie Unicorns Are Haunting Silicon Valleywww.economist.com