Archive for the 'Business' Category

Venture Debt

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Here is a helpful list of venture debt providers that was put together by our kickass new VP of Business Development Robyn Ward.
Venture Debt Providers - Get more Business Plans

7 Super Tech CEOs Who Used to Be Lawyers

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

As a recent law school graduate (never practiced law), and a current CEO of a technology company, I have a deep appreciation for both the law and entrepreneurship (although the former clearly won out). I also know first hand that law school and lawyer-ing do not go hand in hand with risk taking, [...]

10 Incredibly Awesome Documents to Help You Start a Company

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) - these are over-hyped in my opinion and few angel or venture investors will sign them, but always helpful to have one handy to bust out at parties.
LLC Operating Agreement - I put my first LLC together myself using this agreement. My advice is to hire an attorney, [...]

Convert VoiceMail to Text with PhoneTag

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

I was reading Arrington’s post “Think Before You Voicemail” and his thoughts on how voice mail should be an obsolete method of communication. I think he makes many good points in reference to professional communication, especially when its someone you don’t know well. I also think Mike is speaking more from his own [...]

Raising Money for a StartUp Company

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

I’ve spent a good deal of time in the past 12 months raising money for docstoc. I thought I understood the process, but before you really go through it yourself for your own company, its hard to get the full essence of the experience while on the sidelines.
I had selectively helped some folks raise [...]

Linkedin vs Facebook for Professional Connections

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I’ve been an avid LinkedIn user for the past five years, since my first year in business school. I think they’ve done an amazing job in three main areas.
1.) Users Became Mass Marketers - I proudly imported all my contacts to show I had the largest network and then sent them all messages asking [...]