9 VCs You’re Gonna Want to Avoid

Larry Chiang | GigaOM

"Editor’s Note: Fundraising is tough. So more and more of you bootstrap as long as you can. But once you get close to $1 million in revenues, VCs will come calling. That’s right: they’ll come to you. Cash flow positive startups remain hard to come by. But you won’t want to talk to all of them, says Found|READ contributor, Larry Chiang. So he offers this list of VC archetypes you’ll definitely want to avoid, just as soon as you hit the $900,000-mark. "

Thanks to Jeff Saunders

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Hank Williams | Why does everything suck?

"I have come to a conclusion about this. It's Bull."

Why Innovation Is Overrated

Posted by Scott Berkun| Real World Innovation | Harvard Business Publishing

Scott Berkun is the best-selling author of The Myths of Innovation and Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired Magazine and on National Public Radio. He is a recurring expert on the 2008 CNBC TV Series, The Business of Innovation

"The truth is making really good things is difficult -- it requires a commitment to craft, an attention to detail, and a love for work that has always been rare."

Monitor110: A Post Mortem

Information Arbitrage | A Wall Streeter's Ride into the Wild Wild Web
by Roger Ehrenberg

"Turning Failure into Learning

Writing a post mortem is hard, particularly when the result is failure: a failed deal; a failed investment; a failed concept. That said, without a post mortem, without deep reflection, honesty and introspection, how can we get better and do better the next time? Quite simply, we can't."