Friday, January 2, 2009

Why your web startup will fail

Eric Karjaluoto discusses design, brands and experience | ideasonideas

Eric shares "a few obstacles that you should be mindful of before starting out."

HOW TO: Raise Money in a Down Economy


by Eric Ries | Mashable.com

Eric Ries serves as a venture advisor for Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and is the author of the blog Lessons Learned."

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Venture Capital's Coming Collapse



Rebecca Buckman |Forbes Magazine

"The swashbuckling risk takers in venture capital have been laying giant eggs for a decade. Could this finally be Sand Hill Road's day of reckoning?""

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

how to be creative


Posted by hugh macleod | gapingvoid: "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards"

An oldy but a very goody!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Street Smarts: Secrets of a $110 Million Man

By: Norm Brodsky | Inc.com

According to Brodsky - "There are no guarantees when it comes to running a business. But the best entrepreneurs I know follow these guidelines"

Monday, December 29, 2008

More Reasons Why Now Is The Time For Hatching Something New


The following is a guest article by Neil Davidson contributed to OnStartups.com. Neil Davidson is co-founder and joint CEO of Red Gate Software. He also runs the annual Business of Software Conference with Joel Spolsky. His blog is at http://blog.businessofsoftware.org and you can follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/neildavidson.

My Favorite Business Model

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Top 10 Most Practical Blogs for Entrepreneurs

From Scott Allen, About.com Guide to Entrepreneurs since 2002

Scott notes: "Blogs come and go, and several of the blogs originally listed here have either been discontinued or become relatively inactive. I've moved those to the honorable mention section because they earned the honor at the original time of this post, but I've added some of my new favorites in their place."

Sunday, December 28, 2008

A Wrench in Silicon Valley's Wealth Machine


By Spencer E. Ante | BusinessWeek.com

A year ago, cash rained on tech startups like Digg. Now their valuations are slipping, and venture capital is drying up

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