This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice .  I I like to say to first-time entrepreneurs, picking a VC is more permanent than marriage.  If Keeping a blog has been great because so many entrepreneurs have written me with questions about their companies and I’ve gotten to know many of you personally through the process.  In In these many exchanges Beware of VC Seagulls, who shit on you and then fly away (or worse yet leave you with Red Herrings) I write this post as a warning to pick your VC’s carefully.  I

Innocent Drinks’ founders tell a story about how their customers demanded they quit their proper jobs to grow their new company. #6 Ryan Holmes told us how having internet entrepreneur Steve Case as a customer helps his product, HootSuite , get credibility with the tech set. #10 Innocent Drinks stays true to its promise of taking care of its customers by using 100% recycled plastic bottles which help take care of its customers’ One of my goals with Mixergy is to help you build a business that’s as talked about as Cirque du Soleil, Red Bull and adidas.

Johnnie Cochran was an effective, albeit smarmy, defense lawyer who would say or do anything to defend his clients (anyone up for a glass of OJ?). startup-oriented lawyer may not be able to convince a jury of a guilty man’s innocence, but they can guide your adVenture through the menacing legal shoals it will no doubt face. Working with startup lawyers also minimizes the risk of losing control of your adVenture, This is a reposting of a ‘classic’ popular post. He was a master at encouraging jurors to disregard facts and base their legal verdicts