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When to write your business plan (vs. customer development)

Monday, October 10th, 2011

Well most people would start the painful process of writing a business plan right away as they have their first idea for their startup, often taking months, just getting ready because that’s what they are trained to do –…

FREE access to excellent video training from Founder Institute

Monday, February 14th, 2011

I got an email from the great Silicon Valley StartupDigest newsletter and its giving subscribers free access to some really useful training for startups, check it out.

Founder’s Note: We have partnered up with the Founder Institute to get

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So many details to get your Startup off the ground…

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

A colleague at Stanford, serial entrepreneur and friend Joe Beninato has a really great new blog based around his adventures on his 7th startup Tello.

His is an example of the many granular things that just need…

Ron Conway and Paul Graham startup success data

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

I was watching Michael Arrington interviewing Ron Conway and Paul Graham and this is what I learned and also my own view after several startups of my own and those of friends.

So Ron’s very simple data from 500+

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Great lessons from an Angel Investor Matt Coffin

Friday, November 27th, 2009

This is one of the best videos I have ever watched to help startups see what makes sense in coming up with an idea and other great lessons, how to avoid building something no one cares about, what angels…

Want to “burn” your Company to the ground…Fire the founder.

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

This topic is always a hot one for founders when they are considering VC money!

Or indeed when they are talking with private equity companies.

I wanted to write about it as a very talented friend of mine was…

Get a Complete Set of Founder-friendly Legal Docs

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Adeo at TheFunded has come up with some time and cost saving free legal docs that look good if you are US based and starting up. They are written to be less “VC-sided” and if you can use them…

Excellent video for tech startups…by Eric Ries

Saturday, May 23rd, 2009

I met Eric through a friend Steve Blank and these two have formed a partnership of sorts both in teaching great lessons on startups which grew from working together at IMVU where Eric was a founder and Steve a…

How to write a winning elevator pitch

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Writing a good and punchy “elevator pitch” is way harder than most people think. Plus I find that I really need to teach this skill a lot with my Stanford and UC Berkeley MBA’s to help them both with…

Been laid off…should you hire yourself?

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

You know the numbers

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in FEBRUARY 2009 Nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in February (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent. In February, job losses were…