Archive for the 'Entrepreneurship' Category

Going Big (Jason Calacanis)

Great set of slides by Jason Calacanis -- the three most important factors in predicting the next big thing. | View | Upload your own

Patents as Barrier to Entry

Josh Kopelman (Redeye VC blog and managing Director of First Round Capital) wrote a piece titled Depending on pending... where he argues about the importance ...

On Startups, the economy, VCs, and calculated risks — Will VCs invest in your company?

Investors don't invest based on the state of the economy. Investors invest in people, technologies, potential opportunities. It is all about taking calculated risks... Assuming ...

The second idea is always the important one

From Founders at Work: "Over the years, I've learned that the first idea you have is irrelevant. It's just a catalyst for you to get started. ...

On Startups: Blyk and Management-to-Developers Ratio

Blyk is a startup company. What they are doing seems pretty cool. They have an interesting management team, ex-Nokias and other. That said, I've seen ...

On Startups — How Not to Die

A great read by Paul Graham, How Not to Die: So I’ll tell you now: bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup. The ...

Numobiq raises $4.5MM — Congrats to Mark Young and his team

I want to congratulate my friend Mark Young, and his team, who recently raised $4.5 Million Investment from Benchmark Capital on their 1st round of ...

Jeff Fedor’s CTO Handbook

A very interesting read by Jeff Fedor titled CTO Handbook — How to care for and feed your CTO describes the various characteristics and personalities ...

Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More!

ReadWriteWeb has a very good article that anyone starting or heading a Startup should read... see 36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and ...

Bubble 2.0 Video

Hilarious... [Via FSJ] ceo

Guy on “The Top Ten (Sixteen) Lies of Lawyers”; also, a tidbit on this topic

Guy Kawasaki writes The Top Ten (Sixteen) Lies of Lawyers, a good fun read (especially if you have to deal with attorneys)... On this topic ...