This is part of my Startup Advice series. often have career discussions with entrepreneurs – both young and more mature – whether they should join company “X&# or not. I usually pull the old trick of answering a question with a question.  My reply is usually, “is it time for you to earn or to learn?&#. Let’s face it.  MORE >>

This is part of my ongoing series of posts and I need to file this one under both Raising Venture Capital and Startup Advice. remember going to an Under the Radar conference in 2006 in the heat of the Web 2.0 craze.  There were tons of young entrepreneurs showing their latest Web 2.0 wares.  Cisco and others went out to fill out their Web 2.0 MORE >>

I just had an all-too common conversation with the founder of a startup who had spent more than a year working with a software development company who had produced a mess. The mess really comes from a developer who was willing to get started on a product that was not fully thought out. always take a very different approach in early conversations. MORE >>

Business Etiquette Tips for dealing with VCs and Corporates at Conferences. This is part of my ongoing series with Startup Advice. With the LeWeb conference about to start in Paris I thought the timing of this post would be appropriate. If you haven’t read it, please do. It’s an important reminder. How to (re) intro yourself. Waste. MORE >>

This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. &#  If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here. often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. These periods of time can leave a founder very vulnerable in the future. Here are some lessons to avoid common traps. MORE >>