This is part of my ongoing series “ Start-up Lessons. ” often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea.  Sometimes Imagine you pour 5 years of your life into your next gig and it starts to become successful.  Would If you live somewhere where this is the case you’re better off discussing 8221;  If you want to subscribe to my RSS feed please click here or to get my blog by email click here . In the Beginning …

know that this will sound like a random post topic for startup advice but I promise it’s relevant.  You When I started blogging I had an idea.  I I would take all of the one-on-one conversations that I have with entrepreneurs from the things I’ve learned and just write them up for anybody to read.  This File this under entrepreneurial advice I

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers ” written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ).  If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.  Much of this is unfounded – some is not. 

Francisco Dao came up with the idea of letting 10 companies that weren’t selected for Twiistup to do a presentation the night before to a group of people and let the audience pick one company to win the final slot at Twiistup.  I So I thought I’d write a piece on how to not suck when you give a presentation.  I I’ll put up Most people suck at presenting to big groups.  It’s It’s a shame because the ability to nail these presentations at key conferences can be once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to influence journalists, business partners, potential employees,

We started with our financial statements.  We So I changed things up and became much happier with my results.  Here 1.        Set two strategic topics per board meeting and start with them – I bet most of you feel that you have pretty talented people around the table but you get stuck talking about the minutiae of your business.  You But they were in a slide and people asked you questions so Like many of you I’ve sat through my fair share of Board Meetings over the past decade.  For For the most part I’d call them Bored Meetings.

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful .  I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by.  So what skills does it take to be a successful entrepreneur?  If you haven’t spent time over there you should. I

This is part of my new series on what makes an entrepreneur successful .  I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute: Tenacity . Street Smarts - OK, so you’re a tenacious person – you never If you haven’t spent time over there you should. I

This is part of my series on  what makes an entrepreneur successful .  I originally posted it on  VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur :  Tenacity .  I So we as VCs search for entrepreneurs/founders I I then covered  Street Smarts ,  Ability to Pivot ,  Resiliency ,  Inspiration and Perspiration .

Recently I’ve been debating with a number of young startup companies that are raising money in the next few months, “what is the right about of capital to raise at a startup?” I’ve seen too many entrepreneurs try to do things on the cheap.  I 8221;  That is so self centered it winds me up.  Tell This is part of my ongoing series on Raising Venture Capital . 8221;

This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons .” He writes with a great perspective and is well worth reading.  I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. BCG, Bain, LEK – 8221; I