Here is the video interview I did with Paige Craig on TWIST this week. We talk about topics like how to raise angel investment, the qualities entrepreneurs should demonstrate and Paige’s new business.

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “Bootstrapping Your Business”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful LA entrepreneurs talking about how they started and grew their successful businesses without raising outside financing. This month’s session will be hosted by Jason Nazar (CEO, Docstoc.com), and we will [...]

This last week I guest hosted TWIST for Jason Calacanis.  I did two shows with Brian Lee the Co-founder of LegalZoom and founder of ShoeDazzle, and the first episode with J.R. Johnson founder of Lunch.com and VirtualTourist.  Check out the video interviews below and the great network of This Week In shows. Interview with Brian [...]

Ten Tips on How to Make it in the Meet-up Scene The technology meet-up scene is an odd co-mingling of entrepreneurs, engineers, social media mavens, service providers, and up and comers.  Here are ten actionable tips to make the most of your meet-ups. • Meet More – the key to any meet-up is first to [...]

I often get asked for advice on Business Development.  I’ve spent most of my career in sales (or some sales like function), and here are my thoughts on how to be better with your BD.  This post is geared toward folks looking to do BD deals in the online world. 10 Tips for Better BD [...]

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Become an Entrepreneur Superhero”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation with some of the most successful tech leaders talking about the qualities that make for great entrepreneurs. This month’s session will be hosted by Jason Nazar (CEO, Docstoc.com), and we will be joined [...]

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Raise Venture Capital”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation where we bring in venture capitalists from the top firms across the country to talk about the process and requirements entrepreneurs need to go through to successfully raise money from venture capitalists.

This month’s session will be hosted by Jason Nazar (CEO, Docstoc.com), and we will be joined by Nate Redmond of Rustic Canyon, Josh Stein of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Thomas Ball of Austin Ventures, Jim Tybur of Trinity Ventures, and Bill Gurley of Benchmark Capital. More panelists may be added and there will be a large showing of the los angeles venture and angel community in attendance.

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Build a Great Technology Team”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the experience, process and skills need to build an all-star caliber technology team.

We’ll be welcoming as our speakers: Alon Shwartz the Co-Founder/CTO of Docstoc, Nick Wilson the EVP/CTO of Break.com, Allen Hurff the former Senior Vice President of Engineering at MySpace, Travlin McCormack the CTO of Internships.com and former CTO of Slingshot Labs, and Nitu Gulati-Pauly Director of Recruiting at Cybercoders.

These events are put on in conjunction with our friends at DealMaker Media. TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT, CLICK HERE

This month’s Startups Uncensored will be on “How to Persuade People”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about the skills and techniques leaders use to influence others .

This month the session will be run by Jason Nazar, in a presentation format. The “How to Persuade People” presentation will be geared towards startups and entrepreneurs to learn and review the skills that will help them raise money, hire great talent, and land partnerships.

Because of Diet Coke and Matt Cutts I’m going to give to charity every day for the next 30 days…

A month and a half ago I made a bet with Sanaz that I’d stay off diet coke for a week if she refrained from coffee for the same period of time. I’ve probably averaged 1-2 diet cokes a day since I was a teenager (for the taste people, clearly not the reduction of calories). Its been a month and I still haven’t had any any soda.

This got me thinking, “What should be my next 30 day challenge?” I’m not however the only, or first, techie leading the 30 day challenge charge. The impetus came from my friend Matt Cutts at Google who kicked started his own set of 30 day challenges last year.