The one word the best entrepreneurs never accept. said it. Now let me walk you through a broader story because avoidance of the word in and of itself will seem cliche. Stay with me. When I was little I had a role model for entrepreneurship – my mom. She was a natural leader. She was president of the UJA  in Sacramento. Even today. stories. MORE >>

'We have posted Round 5 of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. In this round, we''re very happy to announce that a community member has contributed tests for ASP.NET running on native Windows. This is Round 5, but it''s only the first round with Windows results. View Round 5 results now. Thanks! MORE >>

'There has long been a disparity between the number of startups founded and started by women, and those founded by men. Plus--with a majority of venture investors being men--it''s often difficult to break through the invisible curtain between that "old boys" network and women founders. The best idea will be selected by a panel in October. MORE >>

'Guest article by Eva Hibnick with General Assembly LA. Article after article points out that Los Angeles is on its way to becoming one of the most robust startup communities in the United States. We have seen this growth first hand, and are always impressed by the community’s appetite for learning new age technical skills. MORE >>

'My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. have talked about this publicly a great deal – how I prefer “missionaries” over “mercenaries.” It’s your baby. F**k no. MORE >>