There is only one way I can imagine running a startup, obsessively giving it everything you’ve got. In my opinion its what separates the winners from everyone else, and it’s the only way I’d ever be able to look back on this experience without regret. But that kind of dedication comes with a price. And [...]

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Getting Your Internet Company Bought”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the metrics and measurements for Mergers and Acquisitions in the online space with one of the best experts in the field. We are joined this month by Shawn Colo, the Co-Founder and Head [...]

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Raising Money from Angel Investors”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing how to meet, build relationships over time, and attract angel investment for your start up. Our “real life” Angel Investor guests for this month’s event include Kamran Pourzanjani CEO of Bestcovery and co-founder [...]

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” (we finally gave the talks a name) will be on “Finding and Working with Partners”.  It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing how to find partners to grow your business, how to play nice with others, and deal with issues when they do (inevitably) arise. The event will [...]

So yah, I was a huge star trek fan growing up, and proud to say it. Personally I wish our outgoing President watched so he could have been more familiar with the Prime Directive. So its with great pride that I highlight this document on docstoc: 10 Importnat Life Lessons from Star Trek 10 Important [...]

In the world of blogging, twittering, anytime/everytime social media updates, personal brand building has become big online.  One great example is Shira Lazar.  She recently combined her personal website (that mostly focused on her hosting career) with her entertainment blog, and added in a dash of mashups and social media to launch the new ShiraLazar.com [...]

I recently did an interview with Vince Thompson for the Dog and Pony Show on the BNET network. We talked about building out the largest repository of professional documents on docstoc, what its like to run a startup, and a little bit of self help entreprenerus (i used to be a motivational speaker ). Here [...]

Microsoft launched a new program today for startups called BizSpark. Apparently they are giving away lots of software and other services / products for upcoming technology startups that meet certain criteria, for more information check the Techcrunch Post. You need to be referred into the program so I called up our good friends at DealMaker [...]

Its election day! Obama has been ahead in most aggregate voting polls and electoral voting polls.  Here is what the pundits think of the electoral map today and how it will play out.  We’ll check back in tomorrow as a Monday Morning Quarterback to see how accurate they were in their election map. Election Map [...]

This evening I went to dinner with Neil Patel of ACS and David Niu of BuddyTV. We geeked out at Houston’s in Santa Monica and talked about everything from marketing tricks, to VC war stories, and email servers. Being a super smart Warton Grad and successful entrepreneur, David served up a variety of helpful advice. [...]